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Environment, population, and biology: a short history of modern epidemiology

Since its origin in the 19th century, epidemiology has faced an internal tension between an approach oriented toward biology and the study of mechanisms, and an approach oriented toward populations and their interactions with the environment. Initially, this tension took the form of an opposition be...

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Main Authors: Parodi, Alessandra (Author) , Neasham, David (Author) , Vineis, Paolo (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2006
In: Perspectives in biology and medicine
Year: 2006, Volume: 49, Issue: 3, Pages: 357-368
ISSN:1529-8795
DOI:10.1353/pbm.2006.0044
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1353/pbm.2006.0044
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Author Notes:Alessandra Parodi, David Neasham, and Paolo Vineis

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