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The Future of Epidemiology
Academic Medicine, 10/28/09

Ness RB et al. – In this article, the authors discuss current challenges and opportunities in epidemiology that will affect the field's future. Epidemiology is commonly considered the methodologic backbone for the fields of public health and outcomes research because its practitioners describe patterns of disease occurrence, identify risk factors and etiologic determinants, and demonstrate the usefulness of interventions. Like most aspects of science, epidemiology is in rapid flux. Several factors that are influencing and will continue to influence epidemiology and the health of the public include factors fundamental to framing the discipline of epidemiology (i.e., its means of communication, its methodologies, its access to data, its values, its population perspective), factors relating to scientific advances (e.g., genomics, comparative effectiveness in therapeutics), and factors shaping human health (e.g., increasing globalism, the environment, disease and lifestyle, demographics, infectious disease).

Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile over the Course of 10 Years in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 10/16/09 Relevance Score: 88%

Causal thinking and complex system approaches in epidemiology
International Journal of Epidemiology, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 88%

Occupational health epidemiology in the Nordic countries - status and trends
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 11/16/09 Relevance Score: 87%

Epidemiology and Control of an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in the Intensive Care Units
Yonsei Medical Journal, 11/02/09 Relevance Score: 87%

Epidemiology and disease burden from allergic disease in Scotland: analyses of national databases
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 87%