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Term information

definition

A human study of diseases in populations of humans or other animals, specifically how, when and where they occur. Epidemiological studies can never prove causation, epidemiological evidence can only show that this risk factor is correlated with a higher incidence of disease in the population exposed to that risk factor. The higher the correlation the more certain the association, but it cannot prove the causation.

definition source

http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/TIB/epidemiology.html

editor preferred term

epidemiological study

example of usage

A study of the populations and demographic of the avian flu.

has curation status

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ero.owl

term editor

PERSON: Karen Corday

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