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Disease Maps

Epidemics on the Ground

Disease Maps( )
Author: Koch, Tom
ISBN:978-0-226-44935-7
Publication Date:Jun 2011
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $48.00
Book Description:

In the seventeenth century, a map of the plague suggested a radical idea--that the disease was carried and spread by humans. In the nineteenth century, maps of cholera cases were used to prove its waterborne nature. More recently, maps charting the swine flu pandemic caused worldwide panic and sent shockwaves through the medical community. In Disease Maps, Tom Koch contends that to understand epidemics and their history we need to think about maps of varying scale, from the...
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Book Details
Pages:344
Detailed Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / Health Care
Medical / Pathology
Medical / Epidemiology
Medical / Infectious Diseases
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.254 x 10.101 x 1.013 Inches
Book Weight:2.394 Pounds



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