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Editorial
. 2008 Mar 25;5(3):e71.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050071.

It's the network, stupid: why everything in medicine is connected

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Editorial

It's the network, stupid: why everything in medicine is connected

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Abstract

Network theory is increasingly used to understand relationships in health and medicine, whether they be at the cellular, population, or social levels.

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