該雜志指導(dǎo)流行病學(xué)家、公共衛(wèi)生調(diào)查人員和衛(wèi)生專業(yè)人員(醫(yī)生、護(hù)士、牙醫(yī)、藥劑師)了解流行病學(xué)研究的最新和重要內(nèi)容，包括最新的數(shù)據(jù)分析原則和方法。《科學(xué)》雜志最近就手機(jī)用戶的死亡率等問題發(fā)表了一篇報道，鼓勵那些挑戰(zhàn)僵化觀念、提醒科學(xué)界注意新進(jìn)展的貢獻(xiàn);咖啡因攝入和自然流產(chǎn);非甾體抗炎藥和乳腺癌。

The journal guides epidemiologists, public health investigators, and health professionals (physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists) to what's new and important in epidemiological research, including the latest principles and methods of data analysis. Encouraging contributions that challenge hardened ideas and alert the scientific community to new developments, the journal has recently reported on such topics as mortality among cellular telephone customers; caffeine consumption and spontaneous abortion; and NSAIDs and breast cancer.