How four once common diseases were eliminated from the American South

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1734-1744

  Humphreys, Margaret ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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QUININE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MALARIA; PELLAGRA; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; YELLOW FEVER;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PELLAGRA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 77952207382     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.1734     Document Type: Conference Paper

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