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Using Epidemiology methods to identify the causes of a disease?
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1. Formulate a hypothesis.
2. Design a study to evaluate the association between an Exposure (E) and Disease (D). 3. Rule out alternative explanations for the observed association. 4. Determine whether the association is causal considering the guidelines for establishing causality in epidemiologic studies. |
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Study Hypotheses
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If exposed, then outcome.
If "this," then "that." If x, then y. |
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Measures of Association
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1. Correlation coefficients.
2. Regression coefficients. 3. Differences between means. 4. Risk Differences (RD). 5. Relative risks (RR). |
