Changes in public health in South Africa from 1876

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-93

  Walker, A R P ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Changes; Health; History; Ill health; Public health; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BIRTH; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSENTERY; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SANITATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOUTH AFRICA; STROKE; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034944770     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400112100208     Document Type: Review

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