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Epidemiology

a preventive measure that brings large benefits to the population may offer little to each participating individual, because most cases arise among people at modest risk.

In epidemiology, prevention paradox refers to a preventive measure that brings large benefits to the population may offer little to each participating individual, because most cases arise among people at modest risk. This meaning comes from Rose (1985) in International Journal of Epidemiology.[1]

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References

Rose, G. (1985). Sick Individuals and Sick Populations. International Journal of Epidemiology, 14(1), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/14.1.32

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