Epidemiology-a science for the people

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9874, 2013, Pages 1249-1252

  Fine, P E M ^a   Goldacre, B M ^a   Haines, A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84876184057     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60766-7     Document Type: Note

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