Causes of death in nineteenth-century new England: The dominance of infectious disease

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 573-578

  Noymer, Andrew ^a,b   Jarosz, Beth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c San Diego Association of Governments   (United States)

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EID: 56749096802     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkn062     Document Type: Review

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