The impact of the nurses' health study on population health: Prevention, translation, and control

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1540-1545

  Colditz, Graham A ^a   Philpott, Sydney E ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^b,c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84982179898     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303343     Document Type: Review

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