A future for epidemiology?

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue , 1999, Pages 15-33

  Schwartz, S ^a   Susser, E ^a,b   Susser, M ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

Critiques of epidemiology; Eco epidemiology; History; Methods; Multilevel epidemiology; Paradigms

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033049508     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.20.1.15     Document Type: Review

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