War Epidemics : An Historical Geography of Infectious Diseases in Military Conflict and Civil Strife, 1850-2000
Matthew. Smallman-Raynor
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, UK, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (842 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Figures and Plates; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART I: War and Disease; PART II: Temporal Trends; PART III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics; PART IV: Prospects; Epilogue; References; Index. - Written from the viewpoints of historical geography, epidemiology, and spatial analysis, this book examines in four parts the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with wars. Part I: War and Disease, surveys war-disease associations from early times to 1850. Part II: Temporal Trends studies time trends since 1850. Part III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics, examines grand themes in the war-disease complex. Part IV: Prospects, considers a series of war-related issues of epidemiological significance in the twenty-first century. - ;Down the ages, w
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| Emner | Communicable diseases - Transmission History
Epidemics - History War - Medical aspects History Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Vis mer... Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology Disciplines and Occupations Disease Outbreaks - history Diseases Environment and Public Health Epidemiology Health Care Health Occupations History Humanities Infection Medicine Social Problems Social Sciences Sociology War Health & Biological Sciences Public Health War & Public Health |
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| ISBN | 0198233647
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