Annotation: From disease surveillance to the surveillance of risk factors

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 625-627

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030137979     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.5.625     Document Type: Article

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