EPIDEMIOLOGICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does epidemiological mean? 

• EPIDEMIOLOGICAL (adjective)
  The adjective EPIDEMIOLOGICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to epidemiology

  Familiarity information: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EPIDEMIOLOGICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to epidemiology

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

epidemiologic; epidemiological

Context example:

epidemiological studies

Pertainym:

epidemiology (the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease)

Derivation:

epidemiology (the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease)

 Context examples 

Epidemiological methods involve sophisticated statistics and higher mathematics.

(Epidemiological Method, NCI Thesaurus)

Conducts and supports an integrated program of the highest quality genetic, epidemiological, behavioral, social, applied, and surveillance cancer research.

(Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)

This sub-category deals with pre-clinical (laboratory and epidemiological) research on healing, the healing process, health promoting (salutogenic) factors and their interactions.

(Health Promotion (Salutogenesis), NCI Thesaurus)

International Agency for Research on Cancer is part of the World Health Organization that coordinates and conducts both epidemiological and laboratory research into the causes of cancer.

(International Agency for Research on Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)

The application of molecular biology techniques in answering epidemiological questions.

(Molecular Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)

The Clinical Modifications, produced by the United States Dept. of Health and Human Services, are larger extensions used for morbidity and general epidemiological purposes, primarily in the U.S.

(International Classification of Diseases, NCI Thesaurus)

These are the world's first epidemiological studies to estimate cumulative RF-EMF brain dose in adolescents.

(Cell Phone Radiation Harmful for Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Used for the scientific discipline as a whole or for specific epidemiological factors or findings (e.g., AIDS incidence or prevalence statistics).

(AIDS Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)

As far as we know, this is the first epidemiological study to investigate the association between triclosan exposure with bone mineral density and osteoporosis in a nationally representative sample from US adult women.

(Common Ingredient in Toothpaste Puts Women at Risk of Bone Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But, epidemiological and clinical findings suggest that MCPG alone may not explain the deaths and that there were multiple lines of evidence pointing to agrochemical poisoning.

(Lychee deaths linked to pesticides, not the fruit, SciDev.Net)