RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Connecting the dots: the power of words and the diversity of epidemiological information
JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
JO J Epidemiol Community Health
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 105
OP 108
DO 10.1136/jech.2009.094219
VO 64
IS 2
A1 Last, John
YR 2010
UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/64/2/105.abstract
AB Almost 30 years ago, my career in public health sciences detoured along an uncommon pathway: I became a wordsmith, finding unambiguous words and phrases to define the concepts, methods and procedures of epidemiology and related sciences. Playing with words made me well known among epidemiologists, a curious outcome because my contributions are otherwise minor. This shows how important words are.