© 2002 Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
EDITORIAL
Molecular epidemiology
The science and art of molecular epidemiology
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Correspondence to:
Dr M L Slattery;
Marty.Slattery@hrc.utah.edu
This paper details some of the issues surrounding the growing field of molecular epidemiology
Keywords: molecular epidemiology
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Epidemiology is both a science and an art. The science of epidemiology entails applying classic epidemiological methods to understanding the distribution of diseases in populations. The art of epidemiology is interpreting the findings. Molecular epidemiology provides new opportunities for epidemiologists and other medical researchers to understand diseases and make public health recommendations for disease prevention and treatment. The value of molecular epidemiological studies, in terms of providing information that can be used to improve the health of populations, depends on how well both the science and the art are applied.
Molecular epidemiology, an area of epidemiology that is somewhat ambiguous, encompasses utilisation of biomarkers and genetics as tools to define both exposures (factors that are inherited) and outcomes (factors that are acquired). As noted by Porta and colleagues,1 there are an increasing number of published articles with molecular epidemiology as a key word. Molecular epidemiology has been applied
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