EPIDEMIOL Medical Abbreviation

Epidemiology

The study of diseases as they affect populations, including the distribution of disease or other health-related states and events in human populations, the factors (e.g., age, sex, occupation, and economic status) that influence this distribution, and the application of this study to control health problems. The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in populations, and the application of this study to control of health problems (from Last, 1988).