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03/08/2010

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Eaten? not eaten study
Definition
Study conducted during a foodborne- illness investigation where the investigators ask whether the suspect food was waten or not eaten
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Ecological Bia
Definition
A bias that may occur because an association observed between variables on an aggregate level does not necessarily represent the association that exists at an individual level.
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Ecological study
Definition
A study in which the units of analysis are populations or groups of people, rather than individuals.
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Effect modification
Definition
The change of one factor alters the outcome involved. Using a factor, i.e. age, to modify the effect of a putative causal factor under study.
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Efficacy
Definition
The extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service produces a beneficial result under ideal conditions.
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EGRET
Definition
Commercially available statistical software for logistic regression.
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ELISA
Definition
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
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EIS
Definition
Epidemic Intelligence Service
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Endemic
Definition
The habitual presence of a disease within a given geographic area. Also referred to as the usual occurrence of a given disease within such an area.
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EPI
Definition
Expanded Programme on Immunization
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EpiInfo
Definition
Field statistical epidemiology software developed by the CDC.
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Epidemic
Definition
The occurrence in a community or region of a group or illnesses of similar nature, clearly in excess of normal expectancy, and derived from a common or a propagated source.
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Epidemiology
Definition
defn.1 The study of how disease is distributed in populations and of the factors that influence or determine this distribution.
defn. 2 The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to control health problems.
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Environment
Definition
All that which is external to the individual human host.
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Epidemic curve
Definition
A graphic plotting for the distribution of cases by times of onset.
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Etiologic fraction
Definition
synonymous with attributable fraction.
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Etiology
Definition
The cause of a disease.
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Excess risk
Definition
The absolute difference between the rates of disease in the entire population and the rates of disease among the non-exposed.
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External validity
Definition
The ability to generalize your treatment over an entire population based on the results of your sample study population.
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