mid-15c., from Middle French attestation and directly from Latin attestationem (nominative attestatio) an attesting, testimony, noun of action from past participle stem of attestari to prove, confirm (see attest).
Work Environment. Epidemiologists generally work in clean, well-lit offices and laboratories. In addition to hospitals, epidemiologists work in colleges and universities, schools of public health, medical schools, and research and development services firms.
âEpidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.â (2). âEpidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of disease frequency in man.â (3). These definitions of epidemiology include several terms which reflect some of the important principles of the discipline: Study-Epidemiology is a scientific discipline and has at its foundation, sound methods of scientific inquiry.