Medical and demographic history: Inseparable?

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 483-503

  Woods, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medical history; Fetal mortality; Health impact assessment; Historical demography; Maternal mortality; Midwifery; Mortality differentials; Public health; Sickness

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249003718     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkm072     Document Type: Article

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