Pioneers in infection control: John Snow, Henry Whitehead, the Broad Street pump, and the beginnings of geographical epidemiology

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-216

  Newsom, S W B ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broad Street; Cholera; Geographical epidemiology; Henry Whitehead; John Snow

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHOLERA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONDON; PORTRAITS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33749452721     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.05.020     Document Type: Review

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