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epidemiologic study A study that compares 2 groups of people who are alike except for one factor, such as exposure to a chemical or the presence of a health effect; the investigators try to determine if any factor is associated with the
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| Because CJD is both rare and serious, an epidemiologic study is appropriate when it is suspected, both doctors said. Beyond its clear, concise writing, Essential Epidemiology offers unique pedagogic aids, such as an algorithm to help students identify epidemiologic study designs, a discussion of problems students typically encounter in calculating and interpreting incidence rates, and annotated step-by-step solutions to numerical problems. All of us face this challenge if we want to do an epidemiologic study among young adults (9)-and the challenge is even greater in a prospective cohort study. |
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