"Epidemiology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
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D004813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemiology" by people in Profiles.
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Whitcomb BW. Methods and Biology in an Epidemiology of Consequence. Epidemiology. 2017 05; 28(3):435-438.
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Shah R, Pico AR, Freedman JE. Translational Epidemiology: Entering a Brave New World of Team Science. Circ Res. 2016 10 28; 119(10):1060-1062.
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Vayena E, Salath? M, Madoff LC, Brownstein JS. Ethical challenges of big data in public health. PLoS Comput Biol. 2015 Feb; 11(2):e1003904.
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Webb D, Leahy MM, Milner JA, Allison DB, Dodd KW, Gaine PC, Matthews RA, Schneeman BO, Tucker KL, Young SS. Strategies to optimize the impact of nutritional surveys and epidemiological studies. Adv Nutr. 2013 Sep 01; 4(5):545-7.
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Andrade SE, Moore Simas TA, Boudreau D, Raebel MA, Toh S, Syat B, Dashevsky I, Platt R. Validation of algorithms to ascertain clinical conditions and medical procedures used during pregnancy. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Nov; 20(11):1168-76.
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Pratt CA, Lemon SC, Fernandez ID, Goetzel R, Beresford SA, French SA, Stevens VJ, Vogt TM, Webber LS. Design characteristics of worksite environmental interventions for obesity prevention. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Sep; 15(9):2171-80.
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Slatin C, Galizzi M, Melillo KD, Mawn B. Conducting interdisciplinary research to promote healthy and safe employment in health care: promises and pitfalls. Public Health Rep. 2004 Jan-Feb; 119(1):60-72.