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Complex systems thinking and current impasses in health disparities research.

American journal of public health - 1 Sept 2011

Diez Roux Ana V

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Complex systems approaches have received increasing attention in public health because reductionist approaches yield limited insights in the context of dynamic systems. Most discussions have been highly abstract. There is a need to consider the application of complex systems approaches to specific research questions. I review the features of population health problems for which complex systems approaches are most...

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PMID: 21778505
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300149
PMCID: PMC3154209

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