The origins of human disease: A short story on "where diseases come from"

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; THEORY;

DIET; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS;

EID: 29744435894     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.038661     Document Type: Review

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