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The key to epidemiological studies is the information on disease occurence and exposure, as epidemiology uses observations of the distribution of disease in human populations to search for determinants. It is worth emphasizing that this classical epidemiological approach which starts from observations of the disease and goes through hypothesis generation and testing has proven valuable in widening our understanding of chronic disease “causation” over the past decades.
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Jensen, O.M. (1983). Data Sources for Epidemiological Studies with Special Regard to the Role of Cancer Registration. In: Berger, J., Höhne, K.H. (eds) Methoden der Statistik und Informatik in Epidemiologie und Diagnostik. Medizinische Informatik und Statistik, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81938-4_18
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