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Deciphering Global Epidemics
Andrew David Cliff
Peter Haggett
Matthew Smallman-Raynor
其他書名
Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888-1912
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 1998-08-28
主題
History / World
History / Historical Geography
Medical / Epidemiology
Medical / History
Medical / Public Health
Science / Earth Sciences / Geography
Social Science / Death & Dying
ISBN
052147860X
9780521478601
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nR4it-IuLpEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Using 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.