TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 2. Medical Surveillance and Outbreaks of Disease A1 - Waning, Brenda A1 - Montagne, Michael PY - 2001 T2 - Pharmacoepidemiology: Principles and Practice 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. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2642355 ER -