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Chapter 1: Thinking critically, problem-solving and setting priorities in epidemiology

Chapter 1: Thinking critically, problem-solving and setting priorities in epidemiology

pp. 2-32

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, University of Adelaide, , , Griffith University, Queensland
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Epidemiology is the study of patterns and determinants of disease and other health states in populations. It primarily uses quantitative methods (those methods dealing with counting, measuring and comparing things) that definitely use statistics and include statistical methods, but in this book we will not be talking about performing any statistical acrobatics more complicated than completing a sudoku puzzle.

Keywords

  • epidemiology
  • introduction
  • disease
  • health sciences
  • methods
  • critical thinking
  • health priorities
  • research methods

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