Clinical Epidemiology
Authors: ALVAN R. FEINSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1968)

Special Article1 November 1968Clinical EpidemiologyII. The Identification Rates of DiseaseALVAN R. FEINSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALVAN R. FEINSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-69-5-1037 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOUTLINE OF CONTENTS: PART IIINTRODUCTIONFACTORS INFLUENCING IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASECHANGES IN NOMENCLATURE AND TECHNOLOGYDISSEMINATION OF NEW STANDARDSCHANGES IN IATROTROPYCHANGES IN CODIFICATIONTHE EPIDEMIOLOGIC SPECTRUM OF A DISEASEIATROTROPIC AND DIAGNOSTIC PATHWAYSCONSTRUCTION OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC SPECTRUMCHANGES IN DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURESFASHIONS OF NOMENCLATUREECLECTIC DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIANEW TECHNOLOGIC TESTSSUMMARYINTRODUCTIONWhen vital statistics was established more than a century ago as a numerical domain in what might now be called Clinical Epidemiology, the main problem was to arrange for collection of data (1, 2). Clinicians had to become accustomed to documenting births and deaths...References1. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ALVAN R. FEINSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: New Haven, ConnecticutFrom the Eastern Research Support Center and the Department of Medicine, West Haven Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven; and the Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven; ConnThis study was supported in part by grant 13977-03-68-806, U. S. Public Health Service Cancer Control Program, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D. C.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Alvan R. Feinstein, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, Conn. 06510. 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