Commentary: The McKeown debate: Time for burial

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 529-533

  Grundy, Emily ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; MULTIPARA; NUTRITION; PASTEURIZATION; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SMALLPOX; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBANIZATION;

BIRTH RATE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

VARIOLA VIRUS;

EID: 20744451907     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh272     Document Type: Article

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