Epidemiology. Linking Smoking and Lung Cancer
Description
The epidemiology collection looks at research methods used to study diseases in society. The first section explores the critical role epidemiology plays in establishing a link between smoking and lung cancer. The second section illustrates the difference between causation and correlation. The third section explains the concepts of reliability and validity.
Runtime
20 min
Subjects
- Lungs (83)
- Smoking (29)
- Cancer (318)
- Preventive health services (62)
- Epidemiology (150)
- Medicine, Preventive (350)
- Tobacco (24)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2013
Database
Films on Demand
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