"Precision" public health - Between novelty and hype

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 379, Issue 15, 2018, Pages 1398-1400

  Chowkwanyun, Merlin ^a   Bayer, Ronald ^a   Galea, Sandro ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

GENOMICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PRECISION MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85054709638     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1806634     Document Type: Review

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