Epidemiology: Basis for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
Common terms and phrases
adjustment alcohol American Journal areas atherosclerosis bacteria blood calculated cancer causation cause census Center for Health cervical cancer Chapter child abuse cholera clinical cohort concept condition contaminated death rate developed diarrhea Disease Prevention drug Duncan Epidemic typhus epidemiologic methods epidemiology experimental fetal deaths Figure fluoridation foodborne illness Health Promotion Health Statistics health status heart disease hepatitis high-risk Hippocrates hospital human hypertension identified illness immunity included individual infant infected infectious diseases instance investigator Journal of Epidemiology leptospirosis live births lung cancer measles measures morbidity mortality due mortality rate myocardial infarction Number of deaths Number of live number of persons occurred onset Pasteur percent period physicians point epidemic population postneonatal potential hosts prevalence problem Public Health puerperal fever rabies random ratio Recommended Reading result risk factors smoking social strategies stress Survey symptoms term U.S. Government Printing vital statistics water fluoridation women