Epidemiology 2

What is the triangle of causation?

What is the web of causation?

What are the levels of social determinants?

Link epidemiological research to exposure

Types of epidemiological study?

What types of observational research design are there?

What types of interventional research are there?

What is the typical pathway of a causal observation?

What are observational descriptive studies used for?

What are case series/reports?

What are the limitations of case series/reports?

What are ecological studies?

What the strenghs of ecological studies?

What are limitations of ecological studies?

What are cross sectional studies?

What are strenghts of cross sectional analysis?

What are the limitations of cross sectional studies?

What is the purpose of analytical studies?

What is a case control?

What are the strengths of a case control?

What are the limitations of case controls?

What is a cohort study?

What are the strenghts of a cohort study?

What are the limitations of cohort studies?

What are experimental/interventional studies?

What are the strenghts of experimental/interventional studies?

What are the limitations of experimental/intervential studies?

What is chance?

What is bias?

What types of bias is there?

What makes a cofounding variable?