The essential tension between absolute and relative causality

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 355-357

  Morabia, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTRACEPTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE RISK;

EID: 0035129927     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.3.355     Document Type: Article

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