PHAR 303 Lecture 7: PHAR 303 lecture 7
15 Feb 2018
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In epidemiology can specialize in different sub-categories: environmental epidemiology, What can we do with epidemiology: example: agents, a poison, a microbe try to discover any factors that may cause harm effects in a human population. It looks at anything that could cause a disease. It is the diagnostic discipline of public health : toxicology studies the harm to the tissue, and pathology is to understand how the organs and tissues are harmed. In epidemiology, we study humans: it is more relevant to learn about people than laboratory rats for example, and to understand which risks humans are exposed to. Epidemiology is done to study the factors that modify or influence the distribution of diseases or negative. Epidemiology is very related to toxicology and pathology: Epidemiology has been around for some time but it changed recently and evolved over time. Make decisions about where you need to spend money and time.
