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fertility — fertility, fertility rate The actual level of childbearing of an individual or population. There are different ways of measuring the fertility of a population. The simplest measure, the crude birth rate , relates the number of live births in a… … Dictionary of sociology
Demographics — Racial demographic map of Houston, Texas, from the 2000 US census Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology (and especially in the subfield of demography),… … Wikipedia
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Advanced maternal age — See also: Paternal age effect Advanced maternal age is defined as an increase in the age at which women give birth to their first child, is now a widespread, and indeed near universal, phenomenon across the OECD countries. In Western, Northern,… … Wikipedia
Clinical trial — Clinical trials are a set of procedures in medical research and drug development that are conducted to allow safety (or more specifically, information about adverse drug reactions and adverse effects of other treatments) and efficacy data to be… … Wikipedia
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Epidemiology and etiology of breast cancer — Epidemiological risk factors for a disease can provide important clues as to the etiology, or cause, of a disease. The first work on the epidemiology and etiology of breast cancer was done by Janet Lane Claypon, who published a comparative study… … Wikipedia
Oily fish — Not to be confused with Oilfish. Large open water fish, like this Northern bluefin tuna, are oily fish … Wikipedia