Year: 1996
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis deals with the interrelationship between epidemiology and health policy. According to Rothman, the clearest of many definitions of epidemiology that have been proposed has been attributed to Anderson, who defined epidemiology as "the science of disease occurrence". The primary task of epidemiological research is to quantify the occurrence of illness in order to evaluate hypotheses about the causation of illness and its sequelae, and to relate disease occurrence to characteristics of people and their environment.
Author: Dirk Ruwaard
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1582683773