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Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
Published in: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 1/2005

Open Access 01-12-2005 | Commentary

Are social causes so different from all other causes? A comment on Sander Greenland

Authors: Ezra Susser, Sharon Schwartz

Published in: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology | Issue 1/2005

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Sander Greenland's elegant paper [6] raises deep questions about the way in which we choose and evaluate public health actions. We agree with the main thrust of his argument with respect to public health policy. We have some concerns, however, about his treatment of social causes, and on this point we focus our critique. …
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Metadata
Title
Are social causes so different from all other causes? A comment on Sander Greenland
Authors
Ezra Susser
Sharon Schwartz
Publication date
01-12-2005
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Emerging Themes in Epidemiology / Issue 1/2005
Electronic ISSN: 1742-7622
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-7622-2-4

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