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5 . 2017

The basic postulates of the modern paradigm of epidemiology

AbstractIn the articLe presents the stages of deveLopment of epidemioLogy, given their brief characteristics. We discuss the key issues reLatedto the definition of the object, the subject area and methods of epidemioLogy at every stage. We consider the structure and content of modern epidemioLogyas a basic medicaL science reLated to the fieLd of preventive medicine, and the subject area which incLudes aLL of the pathoLogy of theindividuaL -and the infectious and non-infectious. The paradigm of modern epidemioLogy examined from theoreticaL, practicaL andeducationaL positions. Emphasizes the importance of cLinicaL epidemioLogy and evidence-based medicine in addressing the probLemsof medicine at the organism and popuLation LeveLs.

Keywords:epidemiology, incidence, paradigm, conception, globalization, evidence based medicine

Infectious Diseases: News, Opinions, Training. 2017; (5): 28-33.
DOI: 10.24411/2305-3496-2017-00081


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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Aleksandr V. Gorelov
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, MD, Head of Infection Diseases and Epidemiology Department of the Scientific and Educational Institute of Clinical Medicine named after N.A. Semashko ofRussian University of Medicine, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Childhood Diseases, Clinical Institute of Children's Health named after N.F. Filatov, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director for Research, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Rospotrebnadzor (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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