Reassessing the role of epidemiology in public health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1158-1161

  Savitz, David A ^a   Poole, Charles ^a   Miller, William C ^a,b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EID: 0032795556     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.8.1158     Document Type: Review

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