Descriptive epidemiology characterizes the amount and distribution of disease within a population and enables the researcher to: a. evaluate trends in health and disease within a population. b. make direct tests of etiologic hypotheses. c. generate testable hypotheses regarding etiology. d. generate testable hypotheses regarding etiology and evaluate trends in health and disease within a population.
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