Making sense of health statistics

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 567-

  Gigerenzera, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MORTALITY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 68249095965     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.069872     Document Type: Editorial

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