Conceptual and methodological issues in epidemiology: An overview

Alex Broadbent

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.005

Conceptual and methodological issues in epidemiology: An overview

Alex Broadbent

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Abstract

In 2010 a series of workshops on philosophical and methodological issues in epidemiology was held at the University of Cambridge. The papers in this volume arise from those workshops. This paper represents an effort to identify, in broad brush, some of the major conceptual and methodological issues in epidemiology, which form the basis of an emerging focus on the philosophy of epidemiology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	215-216
Number of pages	2
Journal	Preventive Medicine
Volume	53
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.09.005
Publication status	Published - Oct 2011

Keywords

Action
Causal inference
Causation
Epidemiology
Explanation
Philosophy of epidemiology
Prediction
Risk
Uncertainty

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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