John Snow's legacy: Epidemiology without borders

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9874, 2013, Pages 1302-1311

  Fine, Paul ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^b   Rothman, Kenneth J ^c,d   Moore, Patrick S ^e   Chang, Yuan ^e   Curtis, Val ^a   Heymann, David L ^f   Slutkin, Gary ^g   May, Robert M ^h   Patel, Vikram ^a   Roberts, Ian ^a   Wortley, Richard ⁱ   Torgerson, Carole ^j   Deaton, Angus ^k  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD ABUSE; CHOLERA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRIME; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYGIENE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LUNG CANCER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MENTAL HEALTH; MERKEL CELL POLYOMAVIRUS; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEOPLASM; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SUICIDE; TROPICAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIOLENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CAUSALITY; CHOLERA; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRIME; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84876190110     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60771-0     Document Type: Review

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