CH 3: The study of dx, injury, and death in the community Flashcards
1
Q
Epidemiology has been called “____”
A
population medicine
2
Q
______: the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations, and the app. of this study to control health probs
A
epidemiology
3
Q
_____: dx that occur regularly in a pop as a matter of course (always there)
A
endemic dx
4
Q
_____: an unexpectedly large number of cases in an illness in a particular pop
A
epidemic
