Research Methods in Epidemiology

David S Younger; Xiaoling Chen

doi:10.1016/j.ncl.2016.05.003

Research Methods in Epidemiology

Neurol Clin. 2016 Nov;34(4):815-835. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2016.05.003. Epub 2016 Aug 18.

Authors

David S Younger¹, Xiaoling Chen²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neuroepidemiology, Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; College of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: David.younger@nyumc.org.
² Division of Neuroepidemiology, Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 27719995
DOI: 10.1016/j.ncl.2016.05.003

Abstract

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and in specified populations and the application to control health problems. Classified as either descriptive or analytical, a variety of epidemiologic approaches can be used to allow assessment of hypothesized risk factor exposure with disease outcomes. This article reviews salient aspects of epidemiologic research methods that are used repeatedly in articles in this volume on public health, neuroepidemiology, and health systems.

Keywords: Epidemiology; Research; Statistics.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research / statistics & numerical data
Epidemiologic Methods*
Humans
Public Health* / statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors