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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to epidemiology
Example:
epidemiological studies
Synonyms:
epidemiologic; epidemiological
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
epidemiology (the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease)
Derivation:
epidemiology (the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease)
Context examples:
A few epidemiological studies have suggested that pesticides increase the risk of colon cancer in humans and rodents.
(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)
The most recent and most awaited was the epidemiological study Interphone which was partly financed by the Commission.
(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)
Despite the epidemiological link between enterovirus circulation and AFM cases, evidence of direct causality has not been found.
(Enterovirus antibodies detected in acute flaccid myelitis patients, National Institutes of Health)
The system contains reliable data on the nutrient composition of foods consumed by people; the data sets are applicable in many areas - health assessment, the formulation of appropriate institutional and therapeutic diets, nutrition education, food and nutrition training, epidemiological research on relationships between diet and disease, plant breeding, nutrition labeling, food regulations, consumer protection, and agricultural goods and products, as well as for a variety of applications in trade, research, development, and assistance.
(International Network of Food Data Systems, NCI Thesaurus)
Hyperplastic polyps are traditionally considered non-neoplastic, but ras mutation is common, clonality has been demonstrated and biochemical abnormalities and epidemiological associations that occur in colorectal adenomas and carcinomas have been found (WHO Tumors of the Digestive System, 2000).
(Hyperplastic Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
Epidemiological studies have already hinted at a possible link between the drug and reduced risk of Parkinson’s disease, but now the researchers have shown that it may be able to induce autophagy in several neurodegenerative conditions.
(Blood pressure drug shows promise for treating Parkinson’s and dementia in animal studies, University of Cambridge)
An epidemiological study could determine whether people who have a high rate of exposure, such as healthcare workers or restaurant servers, have a more difficult time becoming pregnant or have a greater likelihood of having children with neural tube birth defects, but no such study has been conducted to date.
(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Places may also be sites that are investigated in the context of health care, social work, public health administration (e.g., buildings, picnic grounds, day care centers, prisons, counties, states, and other focuses of epidemiological events).
(Place, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
