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Revista de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0124-0064
Abstract
MORAVIA, Alfredo. A Latin-American perspective regarding the past, present and future of epidemiology. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.5, pp.719-730. ISSN 0124-0064.
ABSTRACT This article addresses three questions. Concerning the past, why was there no pre-Columbian epidemiology? What are the origins of modern epidemiology (including its South American roots)? A surrealistic title has been chosen regarding the future to emphasise the fact that making predictions is not easy. Why are complex phenomena the dark object of epidemiological desire?
Keywords : History; epidemiology; Latin America.