Epidemiology and Policy: The Pump Handle Meets the New Millennium

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-154

  Samet, J M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033888973     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a018013     Document Type: Review

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