What should public health research focus on? Comments from a decision analytic perspective

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 484-485

  Rogowski, Wolf H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BAYES THEOREM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77957342061     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq126     Document Type: Article

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