RELATIONS BETWEEN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

Keywords: public health, social medicine, global health, epidemiology

Abstract

The paper aims to discuss meanings of terms used in medical jargon to categorize activities with mostly disease preventive orientation. Based on definitions authors discussed scope of social medicine, public health, global health and epidemiology and their mutual intersections. Each statement is provided along with literature sources

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2018-02-23
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Rusnák, M., Rusnáková, V., & Kamtoh, G. (2018). RELATIONS BETWEEN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Scientific Journal of Polonia University, 26(1), 125-132. https://doi.org/10.23856/2615