Concept information
Preferred term
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Definition
- The study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventative medicine. In the study of communicable and non-communicable diseases, the work of epidemiologists ranges from outbreak investigation to study design, data collection and analysis including the development of statistical models to test hypotheses. Epidemiologists also study the interaction of diseases in a population, a condition known as a syndemic. (en)
Broader concept
- DISEASES/EPIDEMICS (en)
Narrower concepts
- TELE-EPIDEMIOLOGY (en)
Change note
- 2012-06-26 15:06:47.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add broader relation (EPIDEMIOLOGY [b8a877b7-d867-4305-9053-3777e5dd330a,40041] - DISEASES/EPIDEMICS [7d59f070-ccac-4a90-815b-edfca521779b,20695]);
- 2012-06-26 15:31:25.0 [tbs1979] Insert Concept add narrower relation (EPIDEMIOLOGY [b8a877b7-d867-4305-9053-3777e5dd330a,40041] - TELE-EPIDEMIOLOGY [d6cad59b-327e-4f3f-a664-706224c470f9,40093]);
- 2012-06-29 13:15:32.0 [tbs1979] insert Definition (id: null text: The study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventative medicine. In the study of communicable and non-communicable diseases, the work of epidemiologists ranges from outbreak investigation to study design, data collection and analysis including the development of statistical models to test hypotheses. Epidemiologists also study the interaction of diseases in a population, a condition known as a syndemic. language code: en);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/b8a877b7-d867-4305-9053-3777e5dd330a
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