The effects of population density and malnutrition on the dynamics of whooping cough.

Liverpool, a seaport in NW England, suffered severely from lethal infectious diseases in the second half of the 19th century: the population was densely crowded and malnourished and life expectancy was low. Time-series analysis shows that the epidemics of whooping cough (i) had an interepidemic inte...

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Main Authors: Duncan, C, Duncan, S, Scott, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1998