EPDM 564 - Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases

Institution:

University of Southern California

Subject:

Description:

Critical review of the epidemiology of the leading chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Acquaintance with coding systems for the diseases. Emphasizes research and health-promotion issues that relate to control and prevention of these diseases. Acquaintance with experimental designs and analytic techniques commonly used in chronic disease epidemiology. Experimental and epidemiologic evidence relating risk factors such as diet, smoking, exercise and biologic variables as well as interactions between genes and environment to these chronic diseases. Incidence, secular trends, burden, mortality, survival and surveillance, as they relate to chronic diseases. Brief overview of anatomy, pathology/morphology of these diseases. Prerequisite: EPDM 509* (*may be taken concurrently).

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.usc.edu/

Phone Number:

(213) 740-2311

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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