Epidemiology Flashcards
Definition of epidemiology
John last
Founder of epidemiology
Fracustorius
Father of epidemiology
John snow
Fathers of demography
John gerunt
Vitamin C deficiency scientist
James Lind
Father of vaccination
Edward Jenner
Father of medicine
Hippocrates
Father of public health
Cholera
Father of evidence Based medicine
David sackett
Web of causation
Mc Mohan
Coliteria of causality
Hill
Doll & hill research studies
Smoking & lang cancer
Accord studies
Long term diabetic complicating
Framingham’s
Largest cohort for heart
Stanford trial
Impact of health edu. Of CVS disease in 3 community
Cross sectional study inference
Prevalence
Case control study inference
Risk factor
Cohort study inference
Incidence
Cross sectional study bias type
Selection bias
Bias seen in case control, study
Recall bias
Bias in cohort
Hawthorne effect / attrition bias
Berksonian bias
Hospital based CC
Neyman bias
Differential mortality patten between groups
Golem bias
Laziness → Anurag
Pygmalion bias
Niraj → hyper motivated