BIOLOGY IN HUMAN WELFARE
HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE
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Question
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Which ones are correct about epidemiology? choose all that apply.
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the study of the distribution of diseases in populations
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the study of human physiology
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the study of factors that influence the occurrence and spread of disease
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Scientists trace the disease to try to find its origin and how to prevent it from spreading
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the mid-1980s, five major tasks of epidemiology in public health practice were identified: public health surveillance, field investigation, analytic studies, evaluation, and linkages.
Detailed explanation-2: -It extracts six types of epidemiological characteristic: design of the study, population that has been studied, exposure, outcome, covariates and effect size.
Detailed explanation-3: -Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems (1).
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