Editorial
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050071.
It's the network, stupid: why everything in medicine is connected
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- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050071
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Editorial
It's the network, stupid: why everything in medicine is connected
PLoS Med.
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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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