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Reader's Guide

The Reader's Guide provides an overview to all the entries in the Encyclopedia as well as a convenient way to locate related entries within an area of interest. Articles are arranged under headings, which represent broad categories of subjects. For instance, the heading Branches of Epidemiology lists the titles for the 20 main entries on fields of study and practice within epidemiology included in this Encyclopedia, from Applied Epidemiology to Veterinary Epidemiology. Similarly, under the heading Epidemiologic Data are listed the main entries on that topic, including types of data (e.g., Administrative Data), specific sources of data (e.g., the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System), and issues related to data management (e.g., Biomedical Informatics). The guide is also useful for finding articles related to a particular topic. For instance, if you are interested in Genetic Epidemiology, you will find that topic under the heading Genetics, which also includes articles on topics such as Epigenetics, the Human Genome Project, and Linkage Analysis. Some topics appear under more than one heading (e.g., Genetic Epidemiology appears under both Branches of Epidemiology and Genetics), reflecting the interrelationships among the broad categories represented by the headings.

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