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Sick individuals and sick populations

Rose, Geoffrey·2001·International Journal of Epidemiology

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Rose G (Department of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK). Sick individuals and sick populations. International Journal of Epidemiology 1985;14:32--38. Aetiology confronts two distinct issues: the determinants of individual cases, and the determinants of incidence rate. If exposure to a necessary agent is homogeneous within a population, then case/control and cohort methods will fail to detect it: they will only identify markers of susceptibility. The corresponding strategies in control are the 'high-risk' approach, which seeks to protect susceptible individuals, and the population approach, which seeks to control the causes of incidence. The two approaches are not usually in competition, but the prior concern should always be to discover and control the causes of incidence.

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Authors
Rose, G.
Affiliations
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Corresponding author
Rose, Geoffrey
Venue
International Journal of Epidemiology
Published
2001-06
Volume
30
Issue
3
Pages
427-432
ISSN
  • 0300-5771 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-3685
OpenAlex
W1907953089
Cited by
3,736
References
7
Citations by year
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FWCI
374.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Historical and modern epidemiology studies
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
Keywords
etiology, incidence rates, case-control study, cohort studies, susceptibility markers, high-risk approach, population approach, disease control
MeSH terms
Cardiovascular Diseases, Disease Susceptibility, Epidemiologic Methods, Humans, Population Surveillance, Risk, Causality, Incidence

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