Commentary: The first Framingham Study - A pioneer in community-based participatory research

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1188-1190

  Comstock, George W ^a  

^a Center for Public Health Research and Prevention   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; NOTE; PASTEURIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 29244436091     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi178     Document Type: Note

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