The Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology Program (BBE) supplies the statistical and mathematical ... BBE's nearly 34 faculty members model epidemics, research statistical methods to design ...

Methods The authors selected a systematic review on the effectiveness of hand washing with soap in preventing diarrhoea, covering a range of epidemiological study designs. 6 QATs were used to assess ...

The value of the scientific evidence produced by an observational study lies equally heavily on how explicit its design characteristics are in the protocol, and how faithfully the study implementation ...

Chronic-disease methods grew out of infectious-disease epidemiology ... new methods do not obviate the necessity for good study design, especially the need to be clear on the difference between ...

In this paper, a conceptual model for epidemiological research on prolonged fatigue is presented. This model is the basis for the Maastricht Cohort Study. Alongside the model and design, the ...

Methodology: Seven clubs (196 players) from the premiership, professional, national and state amateur clubs were studied using a descriptive cross-sectional study design. A pre-designed ...

Researchers reveal a potential link between high fluoride exposure and lower IQ in children, but there are significant study ...

Epidemiology is a field of medicine that studies the incidence, causes and effects of diseases in populations, and patterns within these. It has a key role in protecting public health and can ...

Objective To describe the incidence and characteristics of match and training injuries in the UK Vitality Netball Superleague ...

Nutritional epidemiological studies aim to elucidate the relationship between dietary intake and disease occurrence at the population level. Their findings can play an important role in informing ...