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© 1976 Oxford University Press

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A Systems Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Research

A. P. JOHNSON1 and P. C. ELWOOD2,3

1Department of Pathology, West Wales General Hospital Carmarthen, Wales.
2Director, MRC Epidemiology Unit (South Wales) 4 Richmond Road, Cardiff CF2 3AS, Wales.

3Reprint requests should be addressed to Dr.P.Elwood.

Johnson, A. P. (Department of Pathology, West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen, Wales) and Elwood, P. C. A systems approach to cardiovascular disease research. International Journal of Epidemiology 1976, 5: 255–258.

Research in cardiovascular disease is fragmented and difficulties arise in communication between workers in different disciplines. There is no shortage of facts but rather a deficiency in concepts which can accommodate the facts.

Systems analysis is suggested as a way to develop a conceptual framework for the assimilation of existing and new information, and to give a basis for decisions about priorities in research. A model of mechanisms in cardiovascular disease is presented to illustrate the approach.


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