Smallpox in London: Factors in the decline of the disease in the nineteenth century

Medical History

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 111-138

  Hardy, Anne ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMALLPOX; SMALLPOX VIRUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 18TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MIDDLE AGE; SMALLPOX; VARIOLA VIRUS; WALES;

EID: 0020745475     PISSN: 00257273     EISSN: 20488343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025727300042599     Document Type: Article

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