Global status of epidemiology: Population health and status of epidemiology: Who european region

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 870-885

  Rahu, Mati ^a   Vlassov, Vasiliy V ^b   Pega, Frank ^c,d   Andreeva, Tatiana ^e   Ay, Pinar ^f   Baburin, Aleksei ^a   Bencko, Vladimír ^g   Csépe, Péter ^h   Gebska Kuczerowska, Anita ⁱ   Ondrušová, Martina ^j   Ribak, Joseph ^k  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b Moscow State Technical University   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV MOHYLA ACADEMY   (Ukraine)

^f MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁱ NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^j Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^k TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

Disease burden; Epidemiological research; Epidemiological training; Epidemiology; European region

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROGENEITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE COURSE; E-MAIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNDING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPERTENSION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POLAND; POPULATION SIZE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT; VEGETABLE; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ASIA; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE BURDEN; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRAINING; EUROPEAN REGION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CENTRAL ASIA;

DISEASE BURDEN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRAINING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPEAN REGION;

ASIA, CENTRAL; ASIA, WESTERN; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EUROPE, EASTERN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84881639500     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt054     Document Type: Article

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