How is public health epidemiology different from medical epidemiology? Can you apply public health epidemiology to spinal cord injuries?
Medical epidemiology - Epidemiology is the branch of medical science that investigates all the factors that determine the presence or absence of diseases and disorders.
Public health epidemiology - epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations (neighborhood, school, city, state, country, global).
Yes ,we can apply public health epidemiology to spinal cord injuries.
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