Epidemiology in progress: Thoughts, tensions and targets

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Saracci, Rodolfo ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032740825     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ije.a019908     Document Type: Conference Paper

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