The epidemiologic basis for family medicine research.

Abstract:

:Epidemiology, historically the study of communicable disease, has evolved to include the use of certain epidemiologic precepts in more diverse studies of human health and disease. Most especially, epidemiology offers a distinctly useful mechanism for research involving clinical, cultural, and economic factors impinging on the health status of individuals, families, and various populations.

journal_name

Fam Med

journal_title

Family medicine

authors

McKay DA

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-05-01 00:00:00

pages

202-6

issue

3

eissn

0742-3225

issn

1938-3800

journal_volume

20

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