Epidemiology is more than discourse: critical thoughts from Latin America
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Epidemiology is more than discourse: critical thoughts from Latin America.
The essay by Avilés is a powerful and well stated piece of work. It will certainly become an important reference regarding the misuse of epidemiology in the context of international politics. There is wide evidence concerning the political uses of science and technology as a tool for colonialism and economic domination. Indeed, the health field has been one of the most aVected by such processes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.55.3.158