TY - JOUR
AU - MacMahon, Brian
AB - Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association International Journal of Epidemiology 2008;37:1192–1193 The Author 2008; all rights reserved. Letters to the Editor From BRIAN MACMAHON In another of his frequent criticisms of the current agent of one of the major congenital malformations— state of the discipline of epidemiology, Pearce com- folic acid deficiency. How much should one expect in ments on backsliding in two areas: (1) change in the 30 years? ‘scope and content’ of the discipline and (2) an As for the increasing role of the corporate world, I ‘internal culprit’, being the increasing role of ‘corpo- do not doubt that funding from this source is rate influences’ in the field. increasing in epidemiology, although it is still very Pearce does not define what he means by scope and small relative to that of national governments. I see content but one gathers that he believes that both this as a positive development, not a drawback. should be broad and that in this respect the field has It provides funds and resources for research in areas ‘markedly narrowed’ in ‘recent decades’. What non- that governments sometimes do not support, and it gives easier access 
TI - Epidemiology: another perspective
JF - International Journal of Epidemiology
DO - 10.1093/ije/dyn003
DA - 2008-10-14
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/epidemiology-another-perspective-CqmhQ5Da2z
SP - 1192
EP - 1193
VL - 37
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -