Invited commentary: The context and challenge of von Pettenkofer's contributions to epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1239-1241

  Oppenheimer, Gerald M ^a,b   Susser, Ezra ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Disease outbreaks; Epidemiologic methods; Germany; History of medicine; History, 19th century; Public health; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICINE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION;

BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TREATMENT;

CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY];

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 36249030476     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm284     Document Type: Review

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