IJE Advance Access originally published online on January 17, 2008
International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(3):683-684; doi:10.1093/ije/dym297
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Take a walk on the wild side of social epidemiology
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
E-mail: jcwikel@bgu.ac.il
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The recently published review of my textbook, Social Epidemiology: Strategies for Public Health Activism1 by J. Michael Oakes has some serious misconceptions.2 Prof. Oakes's own edited volume Methods of Social Epidemiology3 (together with Jay S. Kaufman) was reviewed in this same issue by Carme Borrell.4 Discerning readers of both reviews might have the strong suspicion that Prof. Oakes found it difficult to provide a balanced review of my book while at the same time needing to promote his own. For a pithy, engaging evaluation of my book written by an unbiased public health observer, please see Cullen's
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