Modern epidemiology and its discontents

• Main Authors: Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Jr (Author), Francisco Ortega (Author), Claudia Medina Coeli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The goal of this article is to present a snapshot of an ongoing debate within epidemiology, pitching opposing sides in the struggle to define the path it should follow in the years to come. The debate among epidemiologists in the mid-90s pitted those who defended the idea that epidemiology should ne...