What is 'epidemiology'? Epidemiology is defined as the study of the distribution and determinants of disease in populations. Clinical epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of ...

Public health is a field that's widely misunderstood, even by science journalists. That's because epidemiology is an inexact science, complicated by a large variability in the quality of the data it ...

Studies of the aetiology of glioma, the commonest malignant brain tumour, with a very poor prognosis, are urgently needed, specifically to identify modifiable risk factors. The main reason that ...

Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 101, Supplement 4: Environmental Epidemiology (Dec., 1993), pp. 187-191 (5 pages) Epidemiologic studies of the respiratory health effects of air pollution are ...

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution, patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions within populations; and is a cornerstone of clinical and public health. Academics ...

Epidemiologists identify public health hazards, evaluate health interventions and monitor health systems data to protect public health. Every day epidemiologists across the world analyze data, conduct ...

Objective This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of brachydactyly type A3 (BDA3) and its associated epiphysial development abnormalities in Chinese children aged 3–17 years, and to explore ...