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Health Occupations > Medicine > Forensic Medicine > Legal Epidemiology
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Criminology > Forensic Sciences > Forensic Medicine > Legal Epidemiology
Health Occupations > Medicine > Public Health > Legal Epidemiology
Population Characteristics > Health > Public Health > Legal Epidemiology
Environment and Public Health > Public Health > Legal Epidemiology

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Legal Epidemiology  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Scientific study of law as a factor in the cause, distribution, and prevention of disease and injury. (From https://read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/41/6/1151/40084/Policy-Surveillance-A-Vital-Public-Health-Practice). Systematic, scientific collection and analysis of laws of public health significance.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F631M21R-6

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