| Literature DB >> 12192720 |
K Sbai-Idrissi1, L Galoisy-Guibal, J P Boutin.
Abstract
Morbidity indicators are basic tools of epidemiology. In this short technical presentation, examples from tropical medicine are used to illustrate and explain the concepts of incidence, incidence rate, cumulative incidence or attack rate, incidence density rate, prevalence, prevalence rate and the link between disease prevalence and incidence.Mesh：
Year: 2002 PMID： 12192720
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Trop (Mars) ISSN： 0025-682X