Sentences with phrase «epidemiologic methods»

Using epidemiologic methods to test hypotheses regarding causal influences on child and adolescent mental disorders

Extensive research using improved epidemiologic methods and modern laboratory techniques documents diverse and compelling advantages for infants, mothers, families, and society from breastfeeding and use of human milk for infant feeding.1 These advantages include health, nutritional, immunologic, developmental, psychologic, social, economic, and environmental benefits.

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This method is widely accepted in epidemiologic studies and reliably reflects the true incidence of those infections.27, 42

The members of the initiative hope to improve early detection of cancer by making an impact in a variety of areas, including doing epidemiologic studies on risk factors, developing new and improved methods of diagnostic imaging, discovering and verifying new biomarkers as indicators of cancer, and developing new technologies to aid early detection.

With a recent renewal of funding from the National Institutes of Health, the study will soon be expanded to include socio - economic outcomes (employment, wages, and disability benefits) for analysis with state - of - the - art epidemiologic and econometric methods.

Masters of Science The 25 hours of required course work provide students with a broad base of knowledge in epidemiologic research methods, biostatistics, bioethics and the methodologies of health services and outcomes research.

Until we know more about the validity of in vitro methods, it is not recommended that they be used in clinical or epidemiologic research applications or for food labeling purposes because of the potential for large over - or underestimates of true GI values.

These methods have been primarily of 2 types: self - report measures of symptoms (eg, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale27) and structured interview protocols that identify specific disorders (eg, the National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule28), which uses the criteria set forth in the DSM - IV.29 By far, the self - report measures are less time consuming and cheaper to administer; however, they do not provide a specific diagnosis.