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Epidemiology
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Undergraduate 3
03/06/2010

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Absolute risk
Definition
The incidence of a disease in a population
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Accuracy
Definition
The degree to which a measurement or an estimate based on measurements represents the true value of the attribue that is being measured.
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ACE
Definition
American College of Epidemiology
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ACHR
Definition
Advisory committee on health research
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Adjusted Rates
Definition
The rate of outcome after controlling for a variable or variables across the entire population or both groups of comparisons
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Agent
Definition
The subject to which an outcome is attributable,e.g. bacteria, virus, chemicals,etc.
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AJE
Definition
American Journal of Epidemiology
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Alpha
Definition
The probabilty of making a type 1 error, the error of rejecting the null hypothesis
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AmJPH
Definition
American Journal of Public health
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ANOVA
Definition
Analysis of variance
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APHA
Definition
American Public health association
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ANOVA
Definition
Analysis of variance
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APHA
Definition
American Public health association
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Ascertainment Bias
Definition
systematic failure to represent equally all classes of cases or persons supposed to be represented in a sample.
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Attack Rate
Definition
Defined as the number of people at risk who develop a Certain disease Divided by the total number of people at risk
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Attributable Fraction
Definition
The proportion used to calculate the attributable risk ( this term is often used synonymously with atributable risk)
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Attributable risk
Definition
The amount or proportion of disease incidence that can be attributed to a specific exposure.
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