Streets of Paris, sunflower seeds, and Nobel prizes. Reflections on the quantitative paradigm of public health

Abstract

Quantitative methods are central to public health and public health research. The historical roots and philosophical foundations of this predilection for the quantitative, however, are little known and seldom discussed.

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