The Challenge of Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes to Public Health: A Study Based on Qualitative Systemic Approach.

The most common modeling approaches to understanding incidence, prevalence and control of chronic diseases in populations, such as statistical regression models, are limited when it comes to dealing with the complexity of those problems. Those complex adaptive systems have characteristics such as em...

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Main Authors: Marilia Sá Carvalho, Claudia Medina Coeli, Dóra Chor, Rejane Sobrino Pinheiro, Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca, Luiz Carlos de Sá Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4501838?pdf=render