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Eras in epidemiology : the evolution of ideas /

The authors trace the evolution of epidemiological ideas from earliest times to the present, starting with the early concepts of magic and the humours of Hippocrates and moving through the dawn of observational methods, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution up to the development of eco-epidemi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Susser, Mervyn
Other Authors: Stein, Zena
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Epidemiology > History.
Épidémiologie > Histoire.
Epidemiology.
MEDICAL.
Epidemiology
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The authors trace the evolution of epidemiological ideas from earliest times to the present, starting with the early concepts of magic and the humours of Hippocrates and moving through the dawn of observational methods, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution up to the development of eco-epidemiology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199863754
019986375X
9780195300666
0195300661