Environmental epidemiology

Jesper B. Nielsen; Tina Kold Jensen

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_23

Environmental epidemiology

Jesper B. Nielsen^*, Tina Kold Jensen

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Epidemiology is the study of the occurrence of disease in populations. It originates from an observational discipline that describes changes in the prevalence or incidence of a specific disease — changes that may be observed over time, between geographical regions, or between populations. Thus, basic epidemiology delivers numbers with no explanation. Prevalences or incidences are, however, only really useful if associated with explanatory variables. These variables may relate to genetics, lifestyle, age, gender, occupation, environment, etc. Environmental epidemiology is therefore the study of associations between environmental exposures and the occurrence of disease within a population.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Essentials of Medical Geology : Revised Edition
Number of pages	11
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	1. Jan 2013
Pages	537-547
ISBN (Print)	9789400743748
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400743755
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4375-5_23
Publication status	Published - 1. Jan 2013

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