Choosing a future for epidemiology: I. Eras and paradigms

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 668-673

  Susser, Mervyn ^a,b   Susser, Ezra ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY; INFECTION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; THEORY;

EID: 0029867052     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.5.668     Document Type: Article

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