Wilhelm Weinberg's 1913 large retrospective cohort study: A rediscovery

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 727-733

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a   Guthold, Regina ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Epidemiologic studies; History of medicine; Research design; Retrospective studies; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33947264625     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwk062     Document Type: Article

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