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Medical Epidemiology is a concerned chiefly with the scientific and systematic study of the distribution and determinants of all aspects of disease, syndromes and morbid conditions affecting the health and illness of human populations, and appropriate application of the inferences so derived for the promotion and protection of health. This serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. It is universally considered a cornerstone methodology for promotion of public health. Medical Epidemiologists also study the interaction of diseases in a population, a condition known as a syndemic. It differs from other disciplines like studies of zoological populations (veterinary epidemiology), although the term 'epizoology' is available, and it has also been applied to studies of plant populations (botanical epidemiology).[1]Thus, for a medical epidemiologist,unlike other epidemiologists, only study of the distribution and determinants of all aspects of health and sickness in human population constitute his confined area of interest. |
Medical Epidemiology is a concerned chiefly with the scientific and systematic study of the distribution and determinants of all aspects of disease, syndromes and morbid conditions affecting the health and illness of human populations, and appropriate application of the inferences so derived for the promotion and protection of health. This serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. It is universally considered a cornerstone methodology for promotion of public health. Medical Epidemiologists also study the interaction of diseases in a population, a condition known as a syndemic. It differs from other disciplines like studies of zoological populations (veterinary epidemiology), although the term 'epizoology' is available, and it has also been applied to studies of plant populations (botanical epidemiology).[1] |
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Thus, for a medical epidemiologist,unlike other epidemiologists, only study of the distribution and determinants of all aspects of health and sickness in human population constitute his confined area of interest. |
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The Greek physician Hippocrates is sometimes said to be the father of epidemiology. He is the first person known to have examined the relationships between the occurrence of disease and environmental influences. He coined the terms endemic (for diseases usually found in some places but not in others) and epidemic (for disease that are seen at some times but not others).[2] |
The Greek physician Hippocrates is sometimes said to be the father of epidemiology. He is the first person known to have examined the relationships between the occurrence of disease and environmental influences. He coined the terms endemic (for diseases usually found in some places but not in others) and epidemic (for disease that are seen at some times but not others).[2] |
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1. ^ Nutter, Jr., F.W. (1999). "Understanding the interrelationships between botanical, human, and veterinary epidemiology: the Ys and Rs of it all". Ecosys Health 5 (3): 131–40. doi:10.1046/j.1526-0992.1999.09922.x. |
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2. ^ "Changing Concepts: Background to Epidemiology". Duncan & Associates. http://www.duncan-associates.com/changing_concepts.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-03. |
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Medical Epidemiology is a concerned chiefly with the scientific and systematic study of the distribution and determinants of all aspects of disease, syndromes and morbid conditions affecting the health and illness of human populations, and appropriate application of the inferences so derived for the promotion and protection of health. This serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. It is universally considered a cornerstone methodology for promotion of public health. Medical Epidemiologists also study the interaction of diseases in a population, a condition known as a syndemic. It differs from other disciplines like studies of zoological populations (veterinary epidemiology), although the term 'epizoology' is available, and it has also been applied to studies of plant populations (botanical epidemiology).[1]
Thus, for a medical epidemiologist,unlike other epidemiologists, only study of the distribution and determinants of all aspects of health and sickness in human population constitute his confined area of interest.
The Greek physician Hippocrates is sometimes said to be the father of epidemiology. He is the first person known to have examined the relationships between the occurrence of disease and environmental influences. He coined the terms endemic (for diseases usually found in some places but not in others) and epidemic (for disease that are seen at some times but not others).[2]
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1. ^ Nutter, Jr., F.W. (1999). "Understanding the interrelationships between botanical, human, and veterinary epidemiology: the Ys and Rs of it all". Ecosys Health 5 (3): 131–40. doi:10.1046/j.1526-0992.1999.09922.x. 2. ^ "Changing Concepts: Background to Epidemiology". Duncan & Associates. http://www.duncan-associates.com/changing_concepts.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-03.