Placebo
Causality (or Cause and Effect)
Trends
Surveillance
Epidemiology
Placebo effect (Hawthorne effect)
Eradication
Calibration
Basic Screening
Pilot study
Rapid assessment accomplished in a short time by visual detection providing information about gross dental and oral lesions.
Study of the nature, cause, control, and determinants of the frequency and distribution of disease, disability, and death in human populations
Long-term changes or movements in disease patterns and health-related conditions identifies by examining surveillance data
Elimination of an infectious disease agent through surveillance and containment
Positive treatment results based upon the subjects belief about the efficacy of a treatment intervention or subjects’ knowledge that they are being observed
Standardization of examiners as they apply epidemiologic measurements
A particular exposure results in a particular outcome
a treatment which has no therapeutic value (looks, taste, etc.; same in appeal)
a trial run to evaluate how to control the variables before beginning a larger study
Ongoing observation, persistent watching over, scrutinizing, constant monitoring, and assessing changes in populations related to disease, conditions, injuries, disabilities or death trends
