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Perspectives of Preventive Medicine: Focused on Epidemiology (예방의학의 발전방향: 역학분야)

  • Choi, Jin-Su
    • Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.190-194
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    • 2006
  • Epidemiology is the key element of public health and preventive medicine. Reversely, public health and social equity are the basic ground for epidemiologists. Current progress in the various fields of epidemiologic study in Korea calls for the increased participation of the trained epidemiologists. Expanding epidemiologic concepts to the wide spectrum of health and medical programs, active participation to the diversified health service fields and strengthening the role of epidemiology in the social and political decision making should be included in the perspectives of epidemiology in Korea. The future of epidemiology is certainly depend on the efforts of present epidemologists.