Midterm Answers

Snow, author of Snow on Cholera

Answer

was the father of modern biostatistics.

established postulates for transmission of infectious disease.

was an early epidemiologist who used natural experiments.

argued that the environment was associated with diseases such as malaria.

Which of the following is not usually an aim of epidemiology? Answer

To describe the health status of the population

To fund new public health programs

To explain the etiology of disease

To predict the occurrence of disease

To control the distribution of disease

Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidemiologic approach)? Answer

Description of specific signs and symptoms in a patient

Description of seasonal trends in disease occurrence...