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The science of epidemiology and the methods needed for public health assessments: a review of epidemiology textbooks
OBJECTIVES: Epidemiology is often described as ‘the science of public health’. Here we aim to assess the extent that epidemiological methods, as covered in contemporary standard textbooks, provide tools that can assess the relative magnitude of public health problems and can be used to help rank and...
Autores principales: | Gouda, Hebe N, Powles, John W |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24507570 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-139 |
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