Infectious diseases and epidemiologic Transition in victorian Britain? Definitely

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 595-606

  Mooney, Graham ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdel R. Omran; England and Wales; Epidemiological transition; Health gap measures; Health transition; Infectious diseases; Life expectancy; Life table decomposition; Victorian Britain

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249079628     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkm071     Document Type: Article

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