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020 _a9780511549489 (ebook)
020 _z9780521472661 (hardback)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aRA651
_b.C55 1998
082 0 0 _a614.4/2
_221
100 1 _aCliff, A. D.
_q(Andrew David),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDeciphering global epidemics :
_banalytical approaches to the disease records of world cities, 1888-1912 /
_cAndrew Cliff, Peter Haggett, Matthew Smallman-Raynor.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1998.
300 _a1 online resource (xxiii, 469 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge studies in historical geography ;
_v26
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aUsing data collected for 350 cities from around the world, the authors use a variety of analytical methods to provide a global picture of what was happening to infectious epidemic diseases at a critical period in urban evolution on the international stage. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and whooping cough. To place the results in a wider time context, other data are used to look both backwards and forwards for nearly a century on either side of the twenty-five-year time window. The book presents a number of results that may be interpreted in the context of debates on the causes of long-term mortality decline from these infectious diseases. It will be of interest to students of demography, history of medicine, and economic history as well as to researchers already active in these fields.
650 0 _aEpidemiology.
650 0 _aMortality.
650 0 _aUrban health.
700 1 _aHaggett, Peter,
_eauthor.
700 1 _aSmallman-Raynor, Matthew,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521472661
830 0 _aCambridge studies in historical geography ;
_v26.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511549489
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_d518230