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Epidemiological Studies
Learn about the landmark studies in epidemiology and how scientists of the past and present have worked to discover how and why public health problems and epidemics occur. Scientists like JOHN snow and John Graunt changed epidemiological studies significantly though their extensive research. To find out more about their studies on diseases like cholera and their studies on vital statistics helped to aid today’s epidemiologists in their studies.

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Epidemiological Heroes And Landmark Studies 
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  2. What are the origins of epidemiology? 
  3. Who is John Snow? 
  4. How did John Snow impact epidemiology? 
  5. Who was John Graunt? 
  6. How did John Graunt change epidemiology? 
  7. What is the 'British Doctors Study'? 
  8. What is the 'Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program' or 'SEER Program'? 
  9. What is the 'Health and Nutrition Examination Survey' or 'HANES'? 
  10. What is the 'Framingham Heart Study'? 

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Epidemiological Study Of Disease 
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  2. What is an 'observational study'? 
  3. What do epidemiologists mean by the term 'natural experiments'? 
  4. What is a 'cohort study'? 
  5. Why do epidemiologists use cohort studies? 
  6. What are the drawbacks of cohort studies? 
  7. What is a 'case-control' study? 
  8. Why do epidemiologists use case-controlled studies? 
  9. What are the drawbacks of case-control studies? 
  10. What is an 'ecologic study'? 
  11. Why do epidemiologists use ecological studies? 
  12. What is a 'cross-sectional' study? 
  13. Why do epidemiologists use cross-sectional studies? 
  14. What is an 'occupational epidemiological study'? 
  15. Why do epidemiologists use occupational studies? 

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