Streets of Paris, sunflower seeds, and Nobel prizes. Reflections on the quantitative paradigm of public health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 734-737

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACHIEVEMENT; FRANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SUNFLOWER;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NOBEL PRIZE; PARIS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 4344680162     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.016139     Document Type: Review

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