Epidemiology, Population Health, and Health Impact Assessment
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Epidemiology, Population Health, and Health Impact Assessment
The health of populations depends on many different factors. Epidemiology is a discipline that has a crucial role in describing health status, identifying risk factors, and analyzing relationships between health and different hazardous agents. The classical epidemiological triangle of host-agentenvironment describes how individuals become ill. Disease occurs when an outside agent (vector) capab...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0917-5040,1349-9092
DOI: 10.2188/jea.je20140212