10.30 汪萱怡 Epidemiology.pdf

流行病学在病毒学研究 中的应用 汪萱怡 生物医学研究院 2008.10 Definition of epidemiology • Epidemiology is the study of how disease is distributed in population and of the factors that influence or determine this distribution • A broader definition is: the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to control of health problems. Objectives of epidemiology • To identify t