title: [Methodologic principles of epidemiology].
abstract: The author presented the nature of the epidemic process and formulated the methodological principles in epidemiology. In the author's opinion, the main principles were that of evolutionism and of unity (social and biological, continuous and interrupted, general and individual) in the epidemic process. The author is against bringing the special methodology only to the illustration of general materialistic dialectics laws on the example of a definite medical science. Methodological direction of the study, teaching and practice in epidemiology should be realized in organic association with the specific subject of the given science.
mesh_terms: D004812:Epidemiologic Methods
vernacular_title: Metodologicheskie printsipy épidemiologii.