title: Dermatoepidemiology.
abstract: Dermatoepidemiology is an important emerging discipline in dermatology. This article reviews clinical and analytic epidemiology pertinent to reading, interpreting, and critically examining the literature, and presents an overview of evidence-based dermatology as a starting point for further study.
authors.affiliation: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA. david.barzilai@case.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Barzilai
authors.forename: Anatoli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freiman
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dellavalle
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weinstock
authors.forename: Eliot N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Mostow
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D003880:Dermatology / Q000379:methods*; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D012107:Research Design; D009626:Terminology as Topic