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Editorial
. 2006 Oct;12(5):285-6.
doi: 10.1136/ip.2006.013912.

Unalterable host factors? A social epidemiologist's view of the Haddon matrix

T-H Lu
Editorial

Unalterable host factors? A social epidemiologist's view of the Haddon matrix

T-H Lu. Inj Prev. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

Many host factors that have been defined as “unalterable” from the biological or clinical point of view might actually be “alterable” from a sociological or cultural point of view

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