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Rising life expectancy : a global history / James C. Riley.
Lippincott Library HB1322.3 .R55 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riley, James C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life expectancy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- This book traces the global history of rising life expectancy in the last 200 years.
- Contents:
- Introduction: A Global Revolution in Life Expectancy 1
- 1 A Brief Overview of the Health Transition 32
- 2 Public Health 58
- 3 Medicine 81
- 4 Wealth, Income, and Economic Development 122
- 5 Famine, Malnutrition, and Diet 145
- 6 Households and Individuals 169
- 7 Literacy and Education 200.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521802458
- 0521002818
- OCLC:
- 45201922
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