John Snow, William Farr and the 1849 outbreak of cholera that affected London: A reworking of the data highlights the importance of the water supply

Public Health

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 387-394

  Bingham, Paul ^a   Verlander, N Q ^b   Cheal, M J ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholera; John Snow; Logistic regression; William Farr

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PUBLISHING; REGISTRATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER SUPPLY;

ALTITUDE; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 4344675334     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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