 Epidemiology
"Epidemiology" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Field of medicine concerned with the determination of causes, incidence, and characteristic behavior of disease outbreaks affecting human populations. It includes the interrelationships of host, agent, and environment as related to the distribution and control of disease.
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D004813
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.720.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Epidemiology" by people in this website by year, and whether "Epidemiology" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epidemiology" by people in Profiles.
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Hlaing WM, Schmidt RD, Ahn S, Samet JM, Brownson RC. A Snapshot of Doctoral Training in Epidemiology: Positioning Us for the Future. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 10 01; 189(10):1154-1162.
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Brumpton B, Sanderson E, Heilbron K, Hartwig FP, Harrison S, Vie GÅ, Cho Y, Howe LD, Hughes A, Boomsma DI, Havdahl A, Hopper J, Neale M, Nivard MG, Pedersen NL, Reynolds CA, Tucker-Drob EM, Grotzinger A, Howe L, Morris T, Li S, Auton A, Windmeijer F, Chen WM, Bjørngaard JH, Hveem K, Willer C, Evans DM, Kaprio J, Davey Smith G, Åsvold BO, Hemani G, Davies NM. Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses. Nat Commun. 2020 07 14; 11(1):3519.
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Jia P, Lakerveld J, Wu J, Stein A, Root ED, Sabel CE, Vermeulen R, Remais JV, Chen X, Brownson RC, Amer S, Xiao Q, Wang L, Verschuren WMM, Wu T, Wang Y, James P. Top 10 Research Priorities in Spatial Lifecourse Epidemiology. Environ Health Perspect. 2019 07; 127(7):74501.
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Samet JM, Fontham E, Alpirez-Guardao M, Sousa-Santana V. Pollution in the Americas: a leading cause of disease burden and an opportunity for cancer prevention. Salud Publica Mex. 2019 Jul-Ago; 61(4):417-426.
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Samet JM, Woodward A. On Being an Epidemiologist. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 05 01; 188(5):818-824.
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Perng W. ECI Biocommentary-February. Pediatr Res. 2019 02; 85(3):252.
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Stanislawski M. Maggie Stanislawski-August ECI biocommentary. Pediatr Res. 2018 08; 84(2):148.
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Goldmann E, Stark JH, Kapadia F, McQueen MB. Teaching Epidemiology at the Undergraduate Level: Considerations and Approaches. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 06 01; 187(6):1143-1148.
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Brownson RC, Samet JM, Bensyl DM. Applied epidemiology and public health: are we training the future generations appropriately? Ann Epidemiol. 2017 Feb; 27(2):77-82.
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Samet JM. Is there more to learn about the epidemiology of lung cancer? Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 12; 31(12):1159-1160.
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