Causal Impact: Epidemiological Approaches for a Public Health of Consequence

Affiliations

¹ Daniel Westreich, Jessie K. Edwards, and Stephen R. Cole are with the Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth T. Rogawski is with the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Michael G. Hudgens is with the Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth A. Stuart is with the Departments of Biostatistics, Health Policy and Management, and Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

Daniel Westreich et al. Am J Public Health. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;106(6):1011-2.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303226.

¹ Daniel Westreich, Jessie K. Edwards, and Stephen R. Cole are with the Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth T. Rogawski is with the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Michael G. Hudgens is with the Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Elizabeth A. Stuart is with the Departments of Biostatistics, Health Policy and Management, and Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.

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Comment in

A Public Health of Consequence: Review of the June 2016 Issue of AJPH.
Galea S, Vaughan R. Galea S, et al. Am J Public Health. 2016 Jun;106(6):973-4. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303230. Am J Public Health. 2016. PMID: 27153011 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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