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We have recognized that epidemiology is a subfield of Public Health; the basic theme is always a population. It is, however, not only a subfield; it is more:
This lesson is a survey on the role of epidemiology in Public Health. The reader should not try to memorize it, but come back to it once in a while later when studying more specific lessons.
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Krickeberg, K., Van Trong, P., Thi My Hanh, P. (2019). Uses and Applications of Epidemiology. In: Epidemiology. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16368-6_2
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