epidemiological
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- adjective
- /ˌɛpɪˌdiːmiˈɑːlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- The epidemiological research revealed important trends in disease spread within the community.
- epidemiological studies
- epidemiological investigation
- epidemiological data
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Watch on YouTubeAnd in supporting you to lead this incredible work, this epidemiological work to respond the epidemic.
- And in supporting you to lead this incredible work, this epidemiological work to respond the epidemic.
- So lots of studies, epidemiological studies looking at what people that live long eat, right.
- No, again, this is observational epidemiological research that shows only a possible weak association.
- Of course, no, the data, there are some data, most they're mostly epidemiological and they show some effect in some countries, right?
- So these studies that they cite are epidemiological studies, They are self reporting studies, they are observational studies.
- And what we've seen from the epidemiological work is that, you know, the, the there are minimal amounts of activity that provide big benefits.
Examples
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Experts conducted an epidemiological analysis to understand the effects of the outbreak on different age groups.
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Public health officials rely on epidemiological data to develop strategies for preventing disease.
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The largest epidemiological study in human history.
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These are all perspective epidemiological studies.
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Here are some examples of the epidemiological studies pointing to these risk factors.
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Nonetheless, there have been numerous reports of epidemiological studies claiming such effects.
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The epidemiological study that led to this discovery was different from the typical epidemiological investigations of that time.
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CDPHE made the call on the basis of an epidemiological investigation conducted over just a few days.
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Because our analysis was epidemiological, we could not determine a causal relationship.
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So the epidemiological studies that Resetox is now interested in look at several birth cohorts.
Synonyms
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Relating to the study of how disease spreads and affects groups of people
Surface Forms
Morphology
epidemiological = epidemiology (semi-transparent) = epidemiology + ical
The adjective is formed by a standard suffixation from the noun 'epidemiology' using '-ical', a regular adjective-forming process.
Etymology
The word epidemiological comes from Greek parts: epi- 'upon', demos 'people', and -logy 'study', and it shares its root with epidemic. So, epidemiological research is the study of how health or disease spreads among groups of people.