Public Health Efforts in China before 1949 and Their Effects on Mortality: The Case of Beijing

Social Science History

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-218

  Campbell, Cameron ^a  

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EID: 0004454845     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0145553200017703     Document Type: Article

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