Epidemiology - Is it time to call it a day?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Smith, G D ^a   Ebrahim, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CIGARETTE SMOKE; HORMONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGING; CHOLERA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOUTH CANCER; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PEPTIC ULCER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOBACCO;

EID: 0035098609     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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