Individual causal models and population system models in epidemiology

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1170-1174

  Koopman, James S ^a   Lynch, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032797920     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.8.1170     Document Type: Review

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