Has epidemiology become infatuated with methods? A historical perspective on the place of methods during the classical (1945-1965) phase of epidemiology

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-88

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Causal inference; Confounding; Effect measures; History; Interaction; Occurrence measures

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SELECTION BIAS; SMOKING; TOBACCO; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HISTORY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFECTION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84925275021     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031914-122403     Document Type: Review

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