流行病学应用于临床是流行病学近年发展的一个重要方面。近代流行病学是在临床医学基础上发展起来的,这是作为研究对象的个体向群体的发展。流行病学的发展,反过来又促进了临床医学以至整个医学的发展。Morrow等最近强调指出:“流行病学和生物统计学与其它医学基础学科一样,是临床医学的重要基石。”就是说的这种关 The application of epidemiology to the clinic is an important aspect of the development of epidemiology in recent years. Modern epidemiology was developed on the basis of clinical medicine. This is the development of individuals as a research object to groups. The development of epidemiology has in turn promoted the development of clinical medicine and even the entire medical profession. Morrow et al. recently emphasized: “Epidemiology and biostatistics, like other basic medical disciplines, are an important cornerstone of clinical medicine.”