RT Book, Section
A1 Waning, Brenda
A1 Montagne, Michael
SR Print(0)
ID 2642355
T1 Chapter 2. Medical Surveillance and Outbreaks of Disease
T2 Pharmacoepidemiology: Principles and Practice
YR 2001
FD 2001
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071355070
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2642355
RD 2024/04/20
AB One  of  the  initial  reasons  for  developing  epidemiological  concepts  and  methods  was  to  study  the  natural  history  of  disease.  With  knowledge  about  the  cause(s)  of  a  disease  or  health  problem,  a  solution  could  be  derived,  along  with  preventive  measures  for  the  future.  The  two  primary  intents  were  to  identify,  describe,  and  understand  infectious  disease  epidemics  that  could  kill  a  large  part  of  a  population  and  to  maintain  health  surveillance  of  a  population  so  that  new  diseases  and  problems  could  be  recognized.