Is epidemiology correcting its vision problem? A perspective on our perspective: 2012 presidential address for American College of Epidemiology

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 603-607

  McKeown, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Epidemiologic perspective; Innovation in epidemiology; Methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CREATIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE; INNOVATION IN EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODS;

CREATIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84883752470     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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