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.
More chapters in Epidemiology for the uninitiated. Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease has already developed. Like the clinical findings and pathology, the epidemiology of a disease is an integral part of its basic description. The subject has its special techniques of data collection and interpretation, and its necessary jargon for technical terms.