Does risk factor epidemiology put epidemiology at risk? Peering into the future

The multiple cause black box paradigm of the current risk factor era in epidemiology is growing less serviceable. This single level paradigm is likely to be displaced. The signs are that the growing strength of molecular epidemiology on the one side, and of a global epidemiology based on information...

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Published in:Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 1998-10, Vol.52 (10), p.608-611
Main Author: Susser, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cholera
Chronic diseases
Disorders
Epidemics
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiology
Epidemiology - trends
Forecasting
General aspects
Germ theory
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Methodology
Predisposing factors
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Special Article
Xeroderma pigmentosum
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Summary:The multiple cause black box paradigm of the current risk factor era in epidemiology is growing less serviceable. This single level paradigm is likely to be displaced. The signs are that the growing strength of molecular epidemiology on the one side, and of a global epidemiology based on information systems on the other, will come to dominate epidemiology and segregate it into separate disciplines. At the same time, the links with public health interests grow weaker. A multilevel ecoepidemiology has the potential to bind these strands together.
ISSN:0143-005X
1470-2738
DOI:10.1136/jech.52.10.608