Health, Disease, and Sanitation in American Economic History

Hoyt Bleakley; Louis P. Cain; Sok Chul Hong

doi:10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780190882617.013.1

Health, Disease, and Sanitation in American Economic History

Hoyt Bleakley, Louis P. Cain, Sok Chul Hong

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Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Oxford Handbook of American Economic History
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780190882617.013.1
State	Published - Jul 16 2018
Externally published	Yes

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