American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on December 27, 2007
American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 167(3):375-376; doi:10.1093/aje/kwm377
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
RE: "THE GENERAL EPIDEMIOLOGIST: IS THERE A PLACE IN TODAY'S EPIDEMIOLOGY?"
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
(e-mail: wangconstance@berkeley.edu)
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We read with interest the provocative special article by David Lilienfeld entitled "The General Epidemiologist" in a recent issue of the Journal (1). We are writing for two purposes: 1) to strongly endorse Lilienfeld's assertion that there is a role for the generalist in modern epidemiology