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Among risk factors for infectious diseases, social ones present a particular challenge due to the increasing importance of old and new infections on the one hand, and the complexity of social reality on the other. This is not a new phenomenon.

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  1. Universitè de Paris V, Paris, France

    Klaus Krickeberg (Formerly)

  2. Bielefeld, Germany

    Klaus Krickeberg (Formerly)

  3. School of Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany

    David Klemperer

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  1. Fak. Gesundheitswissenschaften, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstr. 25, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany

    Alexander Krämer

  2. University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands

    Mirjam Kretzschmar

  3. Manglieu, 63270, France

    Klaus Krickeberg

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Krickeberg, K., Klemperer, D. (2009). Social Risk Factors. In: Krämer, A., Kretzschmar, M., Krickeberg, K. (eds) Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Statistics for Biology and Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-93835-6_6

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