Assignments of meaning in epidemiology

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1135-1145

  Little, Miles ^a  

^a Centre for Values   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Narrative analysis; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LINGUISTICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 0031666796     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00185-3     Document Type: Article

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