Epidemiology is the scientific study of how diseases and other health-related conditions are distributed in populations and of the factors that determine their occurrence. It investigates the patterns, causes, and effects of health states by examining who is affected, where, and when, and by identifying risk factors…
Epidemiology is the scientific study of how diseases and other health-related conditions are distributed in populations and of the factors that determine their occurrence. It investigates the patterns, causes, and effects of health states by examining who is affected, where, and when, and by identifying risk factors and determinants that contribute to disease. Through study designs such as surveillance, cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies, epidemiology measures the frequency of disease, evaluates associations between exposures and outcomes, and informs the prevention and control of health problems. It is a foundational discipline of public health, underpinning the design of screening programs, outbreak investigations, vaccination strategies, and health policy. Epidemiology also supports clinical and translational research by clarifying the natural history of disease and the impact of interventions. Research published in this journal's network applies epidemiological methods across many conditions, including studies of the epidemiology and histopathology of thyroid diseases, the epidemiology and management of seasonal influenza outbreaks, temporal trends in syphilis, and malaria and typhoid coinfection. Within the focus on Lung Cancer Epidemiology, these approaches are used to characterize disease burden, risk, and outcomes. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to epidemiology and population health within that scope.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 38 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Epidemiology, linking to each citing work.