Causation and models of disease in epidemiology

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 302-311

  Broadbent, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause; Disease; Epidemiology; Monocausal; Multifactorial; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HISTORY; HUMAN;

CAUSALITY; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 71749097978     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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