Lectrue 1- what is epidemiology

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What does epidemiology mean

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is epidemiology only for ill people

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what is epidemiology primarily concerned with

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what are the aims of epidemiology

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explain the plague

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explain cholera

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who was John snow

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how is case fatality calculated

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what are the determinant of disease

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what 3 things are not randomly distributed in a population

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what does the host mean

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what does the agent mean

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what does the environment mean

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what is PKU

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Mostly common diseases, result of an interaction between ….

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The environment is broadly defined to include.. and what are examples

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Behaviour + lifestyle epidemiology is used to study their….

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what are 2 key factors in causation

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what is the crude rate

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What is the AS rate

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how has smoking been reduced

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how did epidemiology led to clinical epidemiology

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Knowledge of the disease burden in populations is essential for ….

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how do we Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of health services

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what are the pros of epidemiology

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what are the cons of epidemiology

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what is bias

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In environmental and occupational epidemiology study’s emphasises on populations in what

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If a behaviour increases what also increases

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Care needs to be taken when defining what?

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Is epidemiology data easily misused and over interpretated