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An Introduction to Epidemiology

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Various disciplines contribute to the investigation of determinants of human health and disease, to the improvement of health care, and to the prevention of illness. These contributing disciplines stem from three major scientific areas, first from basic biomedical sciences such as biology, physiology, biochemistry, molecular genetics, and pathology, second from clinical sciences such as oncology, gynecology, orthopedics, obstetrics, cardiology, internal medicine, urology, radiology, and pharmacology, and third from public health sciences with epidemiology as their core.

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  1. Division of Epidemiological Methods and Ethiologic Research, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), Linzer Str. 10, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Wolfgang Ahrens

  2. Le Châtelet, 63270, Manglieu, France

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    Klaus Krickeberg

  4. Division of Biometry and Data Management, Bremen Institute for Prevention Research and Social Medicine (BIPS), Linzer Str. 10, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Iris Pigeot

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Ahrens, W., Krickeberg, K., Pigeot, I. (2005). An Introduction to Epidemiology. In: Ahrens, W., Pigeot, I. (eds) Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-26577-1_1

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