Open AccessInterpreting Results from Epidemiologic Studies
Author(s) -
Jennifer A. Deal,
Joshua Betz,
Frank R. Lin,
Nicholas Reed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
seminars in hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1098-8955
pISSN - 0734-0451
DOI - 10.1055/s-0041-1725996
Subject(s) - causation , epidemiology , focus (optics) , public health , disease , medicine , epistemology , nursing , pathology , philosophy , physics , optics
Epidemiology is the science of public health. The focus of this discussion is to present a brief overview of how epidemiology approaches questions of disease causation, including why it sometimes gets things wrong, and so to provide a framework for how we consume and use this type of research, particularly when it comes to patient care.