Streets of Paris, sunflower seeds, and Nobel prizes. Reflections on the quantitative paradigm of public health
January 2004
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Quantitative methods are central to public health and public health research. The historical roots and philosophical foundations of this predilection for the quantitative, however, are little known and seldom discussed.
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- Humans
- Paris
- Data Interpretation, Statistical
- Mathematics
- Philosophy, Medical
- Health Services Research/methods
- History, 19th Century
- Nobel Prize
- Public Health/*history/methods
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