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Geomed
. Ed(S): Gierl, Lothar; Cliff, Andrew D.; Valleron, A.J.; Farrington, Paddy; Bull, Mathias
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Description for Geomed
Paperback. Editor(s): Gierl, Lothar; Cliff, Andrew D.; Valleron, A.J.; Farrington, Paddy; Bull, Mathias. Series: Informatik und Unternehmensfuhrung. Num Pages: 280 pages, 151 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 487.
A key event in the development of modem epidemiology was the discovery by the English physician, John Snow, that cholera is transmitted by contaminated water. During the cholera epidemic in London in 1854, Snow mapped the locations of cholera deaths, observed a cluster of victims in a particular neighbourhood and found that most of these cases had drunk water from a communal water pump. The handle of the pump was removed at Snow's insistence, and the epidemic ended within a few days. Since these early days, the science of epidemiology has grown into a major discipline, with many successes to ... Read more
A key event in the development of modem epidemiology was the discovery by the English physician, John Snow, that cholera is transmitted by contaminated water. During the cholera epidemic in London in 1854, Snow mapped the locations of cholera deaths, observed a cluster of victims in a particular neighbourhood and found that most of these cases had drunk water from a communal water pump. The handle of the pump was removed at Snow's insistence, and the epidemic ended within a few days. Since these early days, the science of epidemiology has grown into a major discipline, with many successes to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Informatik und Unternehmensfuhrung
Number of Pages
275
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783815423110
SKU
V9783815423110
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99-15
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