Content includes explanation of the scope and focus of epidemiology, simple measures of disease frequency and association used in the study of the distribution and determinants of disease, types of ...

The Master of Science (MS) in Epidemiology degree offered at Drexel University ... on knowledge of biological basis of disease and calculating appropriate measures of disease frequency and risk Review ...

3 hours. Prerequisites: EPI 610, BST 601 or BST 611 recommended but not required. Fall. Concepts and methods of epidemiology. Measures of disease frequency, association and impact; study design and ...

Penetrance is a measure of the proportion ... In contrast to multifactorial diseases, Mendelian diseases have a high penetrance and very rare allele frequency.