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epidemiology

study of the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease conditions
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epidemiology

Summary

epidemiology is a branch of science[1]. epidemiology draws 2,279 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_science category, ranking #20 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • epidemiology's instance of is recorded as branch of science[3].
  • epidemiology is a type of health sciences[4].
  • epidemiology's Commons category is recorded as Epidemiology[5].
  • epidemiology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Epidemiology[6].
  • epidemiology's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • epidemiology's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • epidemiology's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C16556[9].
  • epidemiology's is the study of is recorded as epidemic[10].
  • epidemiology's is the study of is recorded as pandemic[11].
  • epidemiology's practiced by is recorded as epidemiologist[12].
  • epidemiology's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject COVID-19[13].
  • epidemiology's P10203 is recorded as 2713[14].

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Definition and Type

epidemiology's instance of is recorded as branch of science[3]. epidemiology is a type of health sciences[4].

Why It Matters

epidemiology draws 2,279 Wikipedia views per month (branch_of_science category, ranking #20 of 193).[2] epidemiology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] epidemiology is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

computational epidemiology Francis H. Roger-France Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute Girona Biomedical Research Institute Harold G. Ostrow health sciences Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute infodemiology Institut de Recerca Sant Pau Institute for Epidemiology (Kiel) IrsiCaixa Jonas Salk Markus Löffler Nikolay Gamaleya Ronald Ross Saint-Pierre-Canivet Vall d'Hebron Research Institute

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → epidemiologist
    Aliases → —
    Factgrid item id → Q1486085
    Is the study of → epidemic, pandemic
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11307, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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