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The population-level study of death and disease
started with the Scientific Revolution of 18th
century Europe. The origins of the observational study of
disease occurrence began with Dr. John Snow’s analysis
of cholera epidemics in London. From this achievement, epidemiology
has become a comprehensive field that combines observational
methods with analytic techniques to describe the risk of disease
in qualitative and quantitative terms. To explore the development
of this challenging science, start with these sites:
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