Science and social responsibility in public health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1804-1808

  Weed, Douglas L ^a   Mckeown, Robert E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental justice; Epidemiology; Ethics; Professional ethics; Public health; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0242725512     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6198     Document Type: Article

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