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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 3, 2020

The burden of diseases in the United States. 2 vols. (text + portfolio of color charts).

Publication Details

New York: Oxford University Press, 1950 CE.

In this very attractively produced publication the authors called attention to the decreasing trend of death rates from infectious diseases and the increasing trend of death from chronic diseases such as cancer, cephritis, intracranial lesions of vascular origin, etc.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#11571
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/13770
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLthe-burden-of-diseases-in-the-united-states-2-vols-text-portfolio-of-color-charts

Geographic Context

Publication place: New York