title: Public health and epistemology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Egilman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001195:Asbestosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D010684:Philosophy; D011634:Public Health; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors