She decided to study epidemiology, in the hopes of preventing a zombie apocalypse!
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Epidemiology
/ˌɛpɪˌdimiˈɑləd͡ʒi/
Synonyms for "epidemiology" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
aerial infectionairborne infectioncarriercommunicabilitycontagioncontagiousnesscontaminationcryptogenic infectiondirect infection
Noun(1 words)
applied epidemiology
Strong matches (13)
Noun(2 words)
disease distribution sciencemeasurement science
droplet infectiondust infectionhand infectionhealth physicshygienehygienicsindirect infectioninfectioninfectiousnessmedicinemental hygiene
Related words (23)
phytogenic infectionpreventive dentistrypreventive medicineprimary infectionprophylactic psychologyprophylactodontiaprophylaxispublic healthpyogenic infectionsanitationsecondary infectionsubclinical infectiontaintvectorviruswaterborne infectionzoogenic infection
Noun(6 words)
policy oriented sciencepopulation health sciencepublic health applicationpublic health sciencequantification of health eventstularemia
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9 entriesapplied sciencebiostatisticsdisciplinefield of studymedical specialtymedicinemethodologypublic healthscience
More specific
12 entriesconfounding controlecological studygenetic epidemiologyhealth impact assessmentincidence estimationinfectious disease epidemiologymolecular epidemiologyoccupational epidemiologyoutbreak investigationprevalence estimationrelative risk estimationscreening program evaluation
Collocations
6 entriesdisease surveillanceepidemiologic studyhealth impact assessmentincidence rateprevalence studypublic health
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Kyle Patel, who was supposed to travel with a professor from the University of Georgia to South Korea on March 9, was excited about the coronavirus. "I'm pre-med and also public health. I study epidemiology, so I thought it would be really cool to be there at a time when this outbreak is going on,” Patel said.
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The study describing how coffee consumption can reduce the risk of oral / pharyngeal cancer is published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
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In addition to new diseases, Quammen touches on many of the examples often included in standard disease ecology or epidemiology courses—for example, myxomatosis in nonnative rabbits of Australia, and mutation rates in RNA versus DNA viruses.
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