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Epidemiologic Factors
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Definition
: Events, characteristics, or other definable entities that have the potential to bring about a change in a health condition or other defined outcome.
IM GEN only; for epidemiol factors of a disease, index only as disease /epidemiol (IM); no qualif; DF: EPIDEMIOL FACTORS
Examples
Age Factors
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Bias (Epidemiology)
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Causality
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Comorbidity
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Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
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Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic
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Reproductive History
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Sex Factors
Other names
Epidemiologic Determinants; Factors, Epidemiologic; Factor, Epidemiologic; Epidemiologic Factor; Epidemiologic Determinant; Determinants, Epidemiologic; Determinant, Epidemiologic