303091 (v.1) Epidemiology 186

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Area:	School of Public Health
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Evolution of epidemiology. Host, agent and environment. Concepts of health and disease. The natural history of disease. Estimating health and disease in populations. Demography. Concepts of risk factors and causes. Validity and reliability of data. The design of epidemiology in investigations. Fundamental biostatistical concepts. Estimation, confidence intervals and statistical hypothesis testing.