http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/55/3/164

http://jech.bmjjournals.com/content/vol55/issue3/index.shtml

http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/55/3/153

http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/55/3/156

http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/55/3/158

http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/55/3/160

http://jech.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/55/3/162

The article takes a descriptive epidemiological study of El Salvador, Epidemiological profile, conducted in 1994 by the US Agency for International Development, as a case study. The methods include discourse analysis in order to uncover the ideological basis of the report and its characteristics as a discourse of development. To determine the ways in which institutions devoted to international development influence epidemiological studies.