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Descriptive Epidemiology

Descriptive Epidemiology is a foundational branch of epidemiology that systematically characterizes the distribution and patterns of health-related states or events in populations according to person, place, and time, without seeking to establish causal relationships.

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Applied logistic regression

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 35.7K citations

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Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine.

Annals of Internal Medicine · 1991 · 3.5K citations

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Epidemiologic Research: Principles and Quantitative Methods.

Lawrence S. Mayer, David G. Kleinbaum, Lawrence L. Kupper et al. · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1984 · 2.9K citations

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Gender Differences in Patients With COVID-19: Focus on Severity and Mortality

Jianmin Jin, Peng Bai, Wei He et al. · Frontiers in Public Health · 2020 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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A Dictionary of Epidemiology

Miquel Porta · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2008 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SR
    Steven Riley

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 898 citations

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  2. AH
    Andrew Hayward

    University College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 826 citations

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  3. XD
    Xavier de Lamballerie

    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

    8 publications · 306 citations

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  4. SV
    Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. CV
    Cécile Viboud

    Fogarty International Center, United States

    8 publications · 733 citations

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Institutions

2.2K

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    29 h-index

    123 publications

    11.7K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    29 h-index

    97 publications

    9.3K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    141 publications

    17.3K citations

  4. Inserm

    Paris, France

    25 h-index

    191 publications

    15.1K citations

  5. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    25 h-index

    92 publications

    18.8K citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    100 publications

    10.6K citations

  7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    22 h-index

    90 publications

    14.9K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    130 publications

    20.1K citations

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  1. PLoS ONE

    48 publications · 2.5K citations

    27

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 60 publications · 3.3K citations

    26

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  3. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 41 publications · 4.1K citations

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  4. International Journal of Epidemiology

    30 publications · 3K citations

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  5. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

    32 publications · 3.3K citations

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