Is there an absence of theory in social epidemiology? The authors respond to Muntaner

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-128

  Cooper, Richard S ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b,c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; NOTE; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY; VICTIM;

EID: 0033565346     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009971     Document Type: Note

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