ANTC67H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Bloodletting, Case Fatality Rate, Rh Blood Group System
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May 2: assignment 1 due may 12, odds ratio assignment due- june 9, when do we call an outbreak an epidemic, depends on disease, researcher, and location. Pandemic is when u see epidemic of a disease at a larger geo scale. Epidemic- more cases of a disease than normal. It always depends on the disease, if base line of disease is 0, then 3 is an epidemic. May 4: objectives: to identify etiology of a disease and the relevant risk actirs. to determine extent of the disease on population. Studying natural history and prognosis: a(cid:272)e is(cid:374)(cid:859)t a (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)al (cid:272)o(cid:374)st(cid:396)u(cid:272)t its so(cid:272)ial. Ou(cid:396) d(cid:374)a is so (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t define race through it: race cannot be biologically defined. Identifying etiology of disease: multi step: 1- an association between exposure to a risk factor or characteristic of a person if there is an association- is it causal> this is complex.
