A section titled "Criticisms" had one sentence citing a poorly-informed NYTimes op-ed. This heading was changed to the more accurate "Limitations," and expounded upon slightly. (i.e. the focus remains the same, but the necessary nuance was added.)
#*The events can be characterized by [[incidence (epidemiology)|Incidence]] rates and [[prevalence]] rates.
#*Often, occurrence of a single disease entity is set as an event.
#*Given inherent [[Homogeneity and heterogeneity|heterogeneous]] nature of any given disease (i.e., the unique disease principle<ref name="pmid23307060">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ogino S, Lochhead P, Chan AT, Nishihara R, Cho E, Wolpin BM, Meyerhardt AJJA, Meissner A, Schernhammer ES, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci E. | title = Molecular pathological epidemiology of epigenetics: emerging integrative science to analyze environment, host, and disease.Mod| Patholjournal = Modern Pathology 2013;26:465-484 an Official Journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc | volume = 26 | issue = 4 | pages = 465–84 | date = April 2013 | pmid = 23307060 | pmc = 3637979 | doi = 10.1038/modpathol.2012.214 }}</ref>), a single disease entity may be treated as disease subtypes.<ref name="pmid20949563">{{cite journal | vauthors = Begg CB. | title = A strategy for distinguishing optimal cancer subtypes.Int| Jjournal = International Journal of Cancer 2011;| volume = 129:931-937.</ref><ref>Begg| CB,issue Zabor= EC.4 Detecting| andpages Exploiting= Etiologic931–7 Heterogeneity| indate Epidemiologic= Studies.August Am2011 J| Epidemiolpmid 2012;= 176:20949563 512-518| pmc = 3043163 | doi = 10.1002/ijc.25714 }}</ref> This framework is well conceptualized in the interdisciplinary field of [[molecular pathological epidemiology]] (MPE).<ref name="pmid20208016">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ogino S, Stampfer M. | title = Lifestyle factors and microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer: the evolving field of molecular pathological epidemiology.J| Natljournal = Journal of the National Cancer InstInstitute | volume = 2010;102:365-367 | issue = 6 | pages = 365–7 | date = March 2010 | pmid = 20208016 | pmc = 2841039 | doi = 10.1093/jnci/djq031 }}</ref><ref name="pmid21036793">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ogino S, Chan AT, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci E. | title = Molecular pathological epidemiology of colorectal neoplasia: an emerging transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary field. | journal = Gut 2011;| volume = 60:397-411 | issue = 3 | pages = 397–411 | date = March 2011 | pmid = 21036793 | pmc = 3040598 | doi = 10.1136/gut.2010.217182 }}</ref>
#Characterize the events as to epidemiological factors
##Predisposing factors
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061217105946/http://www.epidemiologic.org/ Epidemiologic.org] Epidemiologic Inquiry online weblog for epidemiology researchers
