What is epidemiology? Changing definitions of epidemiology 1978-2017
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
What is epidemiology?
Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why.1 Cancer epidemiology is therefore the study of how often cancer occurs in different groups and why. Part of the work on examining why is to measure the effect of factors which may put a patient at high risk of getting the type of cancer in question. The first section of this review looks at epidemiologi...
متن کاملAcute kidney injury: changing lexicography, definitions, and epidemiology.
In recent years, there have been numerous advances in understanding the molecular determinants of functional kidney injury after ischemic and/or toxic exposure. However, translation of successful novel therapies designed to attenuate kidney functional injury from animal models to the clinical sphere has had modest results. This lack of translatability is at least in part due to lack of sufficie...
متن کاملDefinitions, Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
Despite significant progress in the understanding and treatment of sepsis, it continues to be a major health problem in United States and around the world. Sepsis accounted for nearly 4,500 deaths (mortality rate 10%) and approximately $2 billion per year in healthcare expenditures in the U.S. alone. In this review, we will revisit the definitions of pediatric sepsis and discuss the epidemiolog...
متن کاملChanging Epidemiology of Esophageal Can-cer in Fars Province, Iran
Background: Esophageal carcinoma is one of the most lethal gastrointestinal (GI) malignant tumors worldwide. The disease is known to have a high incidence in northern Iran; however, its condition in the South is not much clear. Objective: In this retrospective study we investigated the epidemiology and time trends of esophageal carcinoma in Fars Province, South of Iran. Methods: In a retrospec...
متن کاملEpidemiology of fatal traffic crashes in Iranian motorcyclist in 2017
Aims: Motorcycle-related traffic crashes are a major public health problem and one of the important causes of disability and mortality in Iran. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology of fatal traffic crashes among Iranian motorcyclist. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using available data in the Forensic Medicine Organization, which are related to motorc...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208442