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epidemiologist [-dē′mē·ol′əjist] a physician or medical scientist who studies the incidence, prevalence, spread, prevention, and control of disease in a community or a specific group of individuals. In a hospital a physician may be assigned as a staff epidemiologist with responsibility for directing infection control programs within the facility. epidemiologist an expert in epidemiology. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``Now that it has become endemic throughout the community, the goal is no longer to completely eradicate it in the jail,'' said Elizabeth Bancroft, an epidemiologist with the county's public health division. The new study provides valuable empirical support for recent results from computer simulations, says epidemiologist Ira Longini of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Perfect Pitch: A Hamptons Tale by Ron Odrich is an engaging novel which delves deeply into three generations of family and the life of the brilliant epidemiologist, Sergio Petri. |
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