The compadre (. [komËpaÃ°É¾e] , [kÅ©ËpaÃ°É¾É¨] , [koËpadÉ¾i] , kÃµËpadÉ¾i literally-co father or-co) parent relationship between the parents and godparents of a child is an important bond that originates when a child is baptized In iberian And Latin american. familieshe term compadre has been extended in some regions, such as Brazil to describe a common relationship between two good friends. In Argentina and Paraguay, the word is used in popular speech (especially in the diminutive, compadrito) to mean braggart, loud-mouth, bully..
Absolute Risk. Epidemiology The observed or calculated probability of occurrence of an event, X, in a population related to exposure to a specific hazard, infection, trauma; the number of persons suffering from a disease when the exposed population is known with certainty. Cf Relative risk.
Epidemiology of cancer. The epidemiology of cancer is the study of the factors affecting cancer, as a way to infer possible trends and causes. The study of cancer epidemiology uses epidemiological methods to find the cause of cancer and to identify and develop improved treatments. This area of study must contend with problems of lead time bias and length time bias.