Interaction - Epidemiology's Brinkmanship

Epidemiologic Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-77

  Morabia, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 85013126206     PISSN: 21949263     EISSN: 2161962X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/em-2014-0017     Document Type: Note

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