'The seat of death and terror': Urbanization, stunting, and smallpox

Economic History Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 623-656

  Oxley, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SMALLPOX; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042597552     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2003.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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