Big data and population health: Focusing on the health impacts of the social, physical, and economic environment

Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 759-761

  Hu, Howard ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b   Rosella, Laura ^a,c   Henry, David ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; NOTE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POPULATION HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ANCESTRY GROUP; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; POVERTY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; POPULATION HEALTH; POVERTY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85021861649     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000711     Document Type: Note

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