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The burden of diseases in the United States / Alfred E. Cohn and Claire Lingg.
LIBRA - Rare RA407.3 .C57 1950 1 v. + case
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohn, Alfred E. (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957.
- Lingg, Claire, 1890- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Statistics, Medical.
- United States.
- Vital Statistics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Vital Statistics.
- Genre:
- Medical statistics.
- Penn Provenance:
- Becker, Joseph M. (former owner)
- Cohen, Alfred E. (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957 (autograph) (Kislak Becker copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 129 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 31 cm + 5 charts (9-10-11-12-39) housed in case
- Place of Publication:
- New York, Oxford University Press, 1950.
- Contents:
- International List of Causes of Death: Changes in Nomenclature
- On the Value of Statistical Statements
- Population and the Death Rate
- Leading Causes of Death
- Race
- Sext
- The Course of Events in Specified Diseases
- Shape of Curves by Diseases
- Numerical Changes in Selected Causes of Death
- Morbidity
- Summary.
- Notes:
- Text printed in two columns.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center copy presented to Penn Libraries by Joseph M. Becker, M.D. in 2011.
- Kislak Becker copy has dust jacket retained.
- Kislak Becker copy inscribed "For Carl, With gratitude for many things which touch life on its deep sides. From A.E.C. 14th November 1950".
- Other Format:
- Also issued on microfilm.
- OCLC:
- 1722639
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