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The origins of human disease

Title
The origins of human disease / Thomas McKeown.
Author
McKeown, Thomas.
Publication
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Basil Blackwell, 1988.

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Description
vi, 233 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This book is a history of the diseases of humankind and their causes from earliest times to the present day. Draws upon the author's extensive work ion the history of infection and evidence drawn from archeology, history and demography.
Subject
  • Diseases > Causes and theories of causation
  • Disease > etiology
  • Etiología médica
  • Diseases > Causes and theories of causation
  • Ziekten
  • Oorzaken
  • Malalties > Causes
  • Malalties > Història
  • Epidemiologia
  • Étiologie
  • Maladies > Étiologie
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Disease history. Hunting and gathering -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Disease origins. Prenatal diseases -- Diseases of poverty -- Diseases of affluence -- Disease control. Prenatal diseases -- Diseases of poverty -- Diseases of affluence.
ISBN
  • 0631155058
  • 9780631155058
  • 0631179380
  • 9780631179382
LCCN
88014449
OCLC
  • ocm17841321
  • 17841321
  • SCSB-1702116
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library