Epidemiological concepts pre-1950 and their relation to work in the second half of the century

The Development of Modern Epidemiology: Personal Reports from Those Who Were There

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Saracci, Rodolfo ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiological research; Epidemiology; Methodological developments; Modern epidemiology; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258734     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569541.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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