食物中毒调查要点分析.pptVIP

* * We cannot use experiments to test hypotheses about outbreaks; we have to use observational studies * * This is the way I will talk about the study designs. We are making hypotheses about an exposure that causes disease in some population. Where we start the study has a lot to do with how we design it. * * For example, this is the design for a prospective cohort study. The most famous example of this type of study is the Framingham study, where various risk factors such as hypertension were determined on a large population many years ago. In the years that followed the start of the study