CareLit Fachartikel
The future of epidemiology
Duell, E.J. · Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz · 2006 · Heft 7 · S. 622 bis 627
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A decade ago there was considerable debate about the appropriate objectives and paradigms of modern epidemiologic research. One concern put forth in these debates was that “risk factor epidemiology” might be forcing our field to focus more on individuals and less on populations and public health. Today, most epidemiologists acknowledge that public health is influenced by both population-level and individual-level determinants. Ecologic studies are valuable tools for generating hypotheses and addressing group-level determinants of disease risk. Traditional risk factor studies and genomic studies have helped estab…
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Epidemiologie
Risikofaktoren
öffentliche Gesundheit
Bevölkerungsstudien
Genomik
Krankheitsursachen
Morbidität
Mortalität
Hypothesen
Datenanalyse
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Public Health
Population Studies
Genomics
Disease Causation
