History of epidemiological methods and concepts

Handbook of Epidemiology: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 43-74

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

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