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OBJECTIVES--To study the role assumed by epidemiology in occupational health literature and characterise its change over the years. METHODS--A bibliometric study was conducted with a MEDLINE search to evaluate 9024 articles published in eight representative occupational health jo...

The development of modern epidemiology, particularly cancer epidemiology, is often seen as a post–World War II phenomenon. However, the First National Cancer Survey, conducted from 1937 to 1939 as part of the newly formed National Cancer Institute's initial activities, provided t...

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology is a new, online Open Access journal. This editorial – which coincides with the Journal's launch – describes its unique review and publication model. The editorial board and review process of ETE will be managed by research degree students and will...

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Schizophrenia epidemiology can provide us with valuable information to guide research directions. However, while epidemiology is useful for generating candidate risk factors, it can not always deliver studies that prove causality. We argue that the field needs more translational ...

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology (ETE) is a new, online, Open Access peer-reviewed journal. The Journal is unique in that it was conceived and is managed by research degree students in epidemiology and related public health fields. The Journal's management is overseen by its Edito...

The epidemiology and community health teaching programme in the medical curriculum in Nottingham is described. Epidemiology is taught as a major scientific discipline in the first two years, in addition to being applied to clinical situations in the later years. All students unde...

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In this first special theme issue, Emerging Themes in Epidemiology publishes a collection of articles on the theme of Epidemiology in conflict. Violent conflict is an issue of great sensitivity within public health, but more structured research and reasoned discussion will allow ...

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What are the advantages and limitations of epidemiology for decreasing health inequalities at the local level? To answer this question, the current article discusses the role of epidemiology. The hypothesis is that epidemiology produces useful knowledge for local management of in...

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Studies of the epidemiology of giant cell arteritis, an inflammatory vasculopathy that occurs in patients throughout the world, may provide an insight into the pathogenesis of the disease....

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In this paper the controversy over how to decide whether associations between factors and diseases are causal is placed within a description of the public health and scientific relevance of epidemiology. It is argued that the rise in popularity of the Popperian view of science, t...

Some aspects of the epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in England and Wales in the decade 1964-73 were studied with the object of detecting evidence of natural transmission of this slow virus encephalopathy. Some geographical clustering and possibility of contact between c...

This study had de objective to investigate the epidemiology of anthracnose in common bean lines 'per se' and in mixture, aiming to verify whether a mixture of lines with different resistance alleles could provide more durable resistance....