PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vinall, Phil
ED  - Symmons, Deborah
TI  - How Will Epidemiology Drive the Treatment of Rheumatic Disorders in 2007 and Beyond?
DP  - 2007 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 6--7
VI  - 7
IP  - 4
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/4/6.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/7/4/6.full
AB  - Epidemiologists study the factors that affect the health and illness of populations. Their contribution goes beyond, well beyond, “number crunching” and serves as the foundation and logic for interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. Epidemiology is highly regarded in evidence-based medicine for identifying risk factors for disease and determining which factors are associated with disease outcomes.