Lecture Notes on EpidemiologyThis book is written with the intention of sharing the basic knowledge of epidemiology with undergraduate students, academicians, medical health practitioners and allied health professionals. It is written in a lecture note format for easy understanding and as a guide to improve the understanding of epidemiology. |
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agent assessing association attributable risk causal cause of death changes characteristics cohort study communicable diseases compared confounding control group control study cross-sectional study Cumulative incidence defined denominator detected determine developing countries diagnosis disease occurrence drug ease effect environment environmental epidemic epidemiology error evaluation exposed Figure health status host human Human Development Index identify illness incidence rate increase indicators individuals infection infectious diseases influenza intervention investigation Length time bias live births lung cancer Malaysia measure morbidity mortality rate Number of deaths Number of live nutrition occurs odds ratio oral cancer outbreaks outcome pandemic patients period prevalence person Phase point prevalence population at risk prevention problem programmes proportion public health RANDOMISED CONTROL TRIAL Razy relative risk risk factor selection bias smoking social Source specific stage statistics study design Summary Box Chapter survey susceptible Table tion Total number transmission treatment trends type of study variable