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We begin by setting out some definitions in descriptive epidemiology, the sources of data from which such studies arise and provide a brief outline of the sections that comprise this chapter.
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Parkin, D.M., Bray, F.I. (2005). Descriptive Studies. In: Ahrens, W., Pigeot, I. (eds) Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-26577-1_4
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