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We begin by setting out some definitions in descriptive epidemiology, the sources of data from which such studies arise and provide a brief outline of the sections that comprise this chapter.
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Bray, F., Parkin, D.M. (2014). Descriptive Studies. In: Ahrens, W., Pigeot, I. (eds) Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09834-0_4
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