PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bioterrorism, Hypercholesterolemia, Low-Density Lipoprotein
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A major part of public health"s assessment function. Evaluates effectiveness of medical and public health interventions. Epidemiologic studies: inverse correlation between serum antioxidant concentrations and subsequent cancer risk (finland study, am j epidemiology, 1988, by knekt et al. ) E lower and related to cholesterol levelin subjects who later developed cancer (n. engl. Mean serum vit e lower with increased risk of breast cancer. (nutr. From this information, epidemiologists can infer why the disease is occurring. Patterns of the disease, factors that influence these patterns. Increase in the frequency of a disease above the usual and expected rate. Recognition of new disease - increased importance with threat of bio-terrorism. Ask the who, where, and when questions to describe the epidemic by person, place, and time. Epidemiology and chronic diseases: identify risk factors, observe long-term trends, heart disease. Framingham study started in 1948: lung cancer and smoking early 1950s.
