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Which one of these is the correct definition of epidemiology?
Which one of these is the correct definition of epidemiology?
- The study of disease treatment
- The study of disease prevention
- The study of disease diagnosis
- The study of disease transmission (correct)
What is the main difference between a clinician and an epidemiologist?
What is the main difference between a clinician and an epidemiologist?
- Clinicians focus on population health, while epidemiologists focus on individual patient care
- Clinicians and epidemiologists have the same focus on individual patient care
- Clinicians and epidemiologists have the same focus on population health
- Clinicians focus on individual patient care, while epidemiologists focus on population health (correct)
What is the epidemiologic triad?
What is the epidemiologic triad?
- A framework for disease prevention strategies
- A model used to describe the transmission of infectious diseases (correct)
- A statistical method used in epidemiology
- A group of three diseases studied by epidemiologists
What does the natural history of disease refer to?
What does the natural history of disease refer to?
What are the modes of disease transmission?
What are the modes of disease transmission?