| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 805 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
| Series |
Oxford geographical and environmental studies |
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Contents |
List of Figures and Plates; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART I: War and Disease; PART II: Temporal Trends; PART III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics; PART IV: Prospects; Epilogue; References; Index |
| Summary |
Written from the viewpoints of historical geography, epidemiology, and spatial analysis, this book examines in four parts the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with wars. Part I: War and Disease, surveys war-disease associations from early times to 1850. Part II: Temporal Trends studies time trends since 1850. Part III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics, examines grand themes in the war-disease complex. Part IV: Prospects, considers a series of war-related issues of epidemiological significance in the twenty-first century |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2004 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 734-774) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and publisher information |
| Subject |
Epidemics -- History
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Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- History
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War -- Medical aspects -- History
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Communicable diseases -- Transmission
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Epidemics
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War -- Medical aspects
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cliff, A. D. (Andrew David), author.
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| ISBN |
9780191916489 (ebook) |
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019191648X (ebook) |
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1280965010 |
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9781280965012 |
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0191513458 |
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9780191513459 |
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