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Raj S. Bhopal • Oxford University Press eBooks
(2008)
Abstract Epidemiology is a population science that underpins health improvement and health care, and is concerned with the pattern, frequency, trends, and causes of disease. This book teaches its applications to population health research, ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199543144.001.0001
Sajid Suleman • Elsevier eBooks
(1978)
This chapter introduces the foundational concepts of epidemiology as the scientific study of health and disease patterns in populations. It outlines the distinction between descriptive and analytical approaches, establishing the importance ...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-745250-0.50015-1
GARY D. FRIEDMAN (1974)
PRIMER OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Preface Preface to the First Edition Chapter 1. Introduction to Epidemiology Chapter 2. Basic Measurements in Epidemiology Chapter 3. Observations Used in Epidemiology Chapter 4. Basic Methods of Study Chapter 5. Desc...
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Nusrat Homaira, Stephen P Luby, ASM Alamgir, Kariul Islam et al. • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
(2012)
OBJECTIVE: To estimate influenza-associated mortality in Bangladesh in 2009. METHODS: In four hospitals in Bangladesh, respiratory samples were collected twice a month throughout 2009 from inpatients aged ...
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Sameer Al Awadhi, Ahmad Jazzar, Eyad Alakrad, Osama Yousef et al. • Gastrointestinal Disorders
(2026)
Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune-mediated esophageal disease characterized by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction and eosinophil-predominant inflammation. Increasing recognition of EoE and advances in its diagn...
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DOI: 10.3390/gidisord8030056
Guillaume Barbalat, Ariane Guilbert, Lucie Adelaïde, Marie-Aline Charles et al. • Environmental Health
(2025)
Abstract Background A number of negative developmental outcomes in response to extreme temperature have been documented. Yet, to our knowledge, environmental research has left the question of the effect of temperature on human neurodevelopm...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12940-025-01173-8
Yang H, Gao J, Li S, Xia H et al. • International Journal of General Medicine
(2021)
Hua Yang,1,* Jian Gao,2,* Shuyu Li,1 Huiling Xia,1 Zhangyan Chen,1 Shanzhu Zhu,1 Zhigang Pan1 1Department of General Practice, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, 200030, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nutrit...
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Brooklyn L. Laubinger, Kelsey M. Harvey, William Isaac Jumper • Veterinary Sciences
(2026)
Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) remain a significant challenge to productivity and sustainability in beef cattle systems in the United States, contributing to subclinical reductions in growth, reproductive performance, and overall herd he...
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DOI: 10.3390/vetsci13030210
Anna Litwic, Mark Hiley Edwards, Elaine Margaret Dennison, Cyrus C. Cooper • British Medical Bulletin
(2013)
BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease involving the cartilage and many of its surrounding tissues. Disease progression is usually slow but can ultimately lead to joint failure with pain and disability. OA of the hi...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/lds038
PMC: 3690438
Judith S. Mausner, Anita K. Bahn • Andalas University Repository (Andalas University)
(1974)
This classic text presents the basic principles of epidemiology. It includes coverage of epidemiologic concepts, measurements of morbidity and mortality, sources of data on community health, selected indices of health, descriptive epidemiol...
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Armand S. Zini, Bader H. Alsaikhan, Khalid A. Alrabeeah, Guila Delouya • Asian Journal of Andrology
(2015)
Varicocele is a common problem in reproductive medicine practice. A varicocele is identified in 15% of healthy men and up to 35% of men with primary infertility. The exact pathophysiology of varicoceles is not very well understood, especial...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/1008-682x.172640
PMC: 4770482
James E. Banta • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
(1981)
If the American health community were to select a dean of epidemiology it would surely be Professor Abraham (Abe) Lilienfeld of the John Hopkins University. He and his son David have collaborated in producing one of the most lucid, stimulat...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1981.30.295
Steven Hamley • Nutrition Journal
(2017)
Abstract Background A cornerstone of conventional dietary advice is the recommendation to replace saturated fatty acids (SFA) with mostly n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Many clinic...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12937-017-0254-5
Tomomi Hisasue, Marie Kruse, Jani Raitanen, Eija Paavilainen et al. • BMC Women's Health
(2020)
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to examine associations between exposure to violence, quality of life, and psychological distress. Women aged 19–54 years who had been exposed to violence by someone in a close relationship were...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12905-020-00950-6
Michael J. Cook, Basant K. Puri • Infectious Disease Modelling
(2020)
Two models were developed to estimate Lyme borreliosis (LB) cases. One was based on the seroprevalence of Borrelia infections in human samples. This model used corrections for false negative and false positive results from published test se...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.10.004
Rita Charon (2006)
Abstract Narrative medicine has emerged in response to a commodified health care system that places corporate and bureaucratic concerns over the needs of the patient. Generated from a confluence of sources including humanities and medicine,...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195166750.001.0001
Addeane S. Caelleigh • Academic Medicine
(2001)
Medicine, as both science and art, relies on a spectrum of knowledge to inform patient care and, by extension, to deliver that care and set health care policy. The research essential to create that knowledge comes from a wide range of scien...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200109000-00005
Josephine Ozioma Ezekwesili-Ofili, Okaka Antoinette Nwamaka Chinwe • IntechOpen eBooks
(2019)
African traditional medicine is a form of holistic health care system organized into three levels of specialty, namely divination, spiritualism, and herbalism. The traditional healer provides health care services based on culture, religious...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.80348
Rita Charon • JAMA
(2001)
The effective practice of medicine requires narrative competence, that is, the ability to acknowledge, absorb, interpret, and act on the stories and plights of others. Medicine practiced with narrative competence, called narrative medicine,...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.286.15.1897
Peter Fisher, Adam Ward • BMJ
(1994)
Complementary or unconventional treatments are used by many doctors and other therapists throughout Europe. The major forms are acupuncture, homoeopathy, manual therapy or manipulation, and phytotherapy or herbal medicine. The relative popu...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.309.6947.107
PMC: 2540528