Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 410-415 , June 2009

Louis I. Dublin and the Development of the Observational Study: The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Natural History (Cohort) Studies of Typhoid Fever and Scarlet Fever

  • David E. Lilienfeld, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. David E. Lilienfeld, Fibro Gen, Inc., 409 Illinois Street, San Francisco, CA 94158. Tel (415) 978-1370.

Received 10 September 2008 ,Accepted 7 January 2009.

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PII: S1047-2797(09)00045-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.014

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 410-415 , June 2009

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