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Ecological studies

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002024

An ecological study is an observational study in which data is analysed at the population or group level rather than at an individual level. These studies are often conducted to measure risk factors, prevalence and incidence of a disease at a population level.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002024
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsecologic studies
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoObservational studies; Epidemiological studies
TranslationsSpanish: estudios ecológicos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002024",
  "term": "Ecological studies",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An ecological study is an observational study in which data is analysed at the population or group level rather than at an individual level. These studies are often conducted to measure risk factors, prevalence and incidence of a disease at a population level.",
  "synonyms": [
    "ecologic studies"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "observational studies",
    "epidemiological studies"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "estudios ecológicos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/ecological-studies/"
}

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