Rethinking disease: Where do we go from here?

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-468

  Syme, S Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CORONARY RISK; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; THINKING;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030248899     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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