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The study of health, illness patterns, and health determinants in populations like infants and pregnant women is called:
  1. Risk assessments.
  2. Secondary prevention.
  3. Anthropology.
  4. Epidemiology.
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Answer: D - The study of health, illness patterns, and health determinants in populations like infants and pregnant women is called epidemiology. The science of epidemiology includes inquiry relating to causality, risk, rates of occurrence, mortality, morbidity, incidence, prevalence, case fatality rates, survival rates, and survival times.
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