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Epidemiology is the branch of medicine that studies the distribution, patterns, and determinants of health-related conditions and the control of disease. It plays a major part in public health.
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ten Have, H., Patrão Neves, M. (2021). Epidemiology. In: Dictionary of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54161-3_233
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