Which of the following is the major focus of epidemiologists?

A. Measuring the level of resistance to antimicrobial agents
B. The development of methods for disease prevention
C. The discovery of factors essential to disease occurrence
D. Both the discovery of factors essential to disease occurrence and the development of methods for disease prevention
E. Both the discovery of factors essential to disease occurrence and measuring the level of resistance to antimicrobial agents
F. Both the development of methods for disease prevention and measuring the level of resistance to antimicrobial agents


Answer: D

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