Epidemiologists, our patient is society.

The common approach utilized in many epidemiologic studies is to measure and compare characteristics and exposures of afflicted and non-afflicted individuals from the same population. The subject of most contemporary chronic disease epidemiology, therefore, is not epidemics per se, nor their causes,...

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Publicado en:New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental & Occupational Health Policy Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 107 - 110
Autor principal: Myers DJ
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2008
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