Commentary: Behind the Broad Street pump: Aetiology, epidemiology and prevention of cholera in mid-19th century Britain

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 920-932

  Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a Department of Social Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHOLERA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MORTALITY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0036816440     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/31.5.920     Document Type: Review

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