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Epidemiology

By: Raja Staggers-Hakim
In: Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Andrew Scull
Subject:Sociology of Health & Illness, Clinical Psychology (general)
Keywords:anxiety disorders; behavioral health diagnoses; disorders; epidemiology; mental disorders; mental health; social epidemiology

Epidemiology is the area of public health concerned with patterns of disease or epidemics in population groups. The study of epidemiology is useful to track and monitor population trends and rates of disease or health concerns in a population in order ...

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  Staggers-Hakim, R. (2014). Epidemiology. In A. Scull (Ed.), Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide (Vol. 1, pp. 279-282). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n103
  
  Staggers-Hakim, Raja. "Epidemiology." In Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Scull, Andrew, 279-82. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n103.
  
  Staggers-Hakim, R. 2014. Epidemiology. In: Andrew Scull Editor, 2014. Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 279-282 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n103> [Accessed 16 Aug 2022].
  
  Staggers-Hakim, Raja. "Epidemiology." Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Andrew Scull. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014, pp. 279-82. SAGE Knowledge. 16 Aug 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483346342.n103.
  
  Staggers-Hakim, Raja (2014). Epidemiology In: Scull, Andrew (Ed.),Epidemiology Cultural sociology of mental illness: An A-to-Z guide Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2014:279-282. doi:10.4135/9781483346342.n103
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