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International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(5):917-922; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn102
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Continued Studies of Tuberculosis considered as a generation illness1,2

Kristian F Andvord

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My studies of tuberculosis as a generation illness have brought, I believe, some clarity to many obscure points around the course and behaviour of the disease, and as during the last couple of years, I have made further observations in this area I shall now allow myself to present these to the Society. Firstly, I must make some explanatory remarks.

Ladies and gentlemen, as some of you will perhaps recollect from my previous lecture in spring of last year, these generation studies are built on five year groups, taking into account age groups and generations. It is known that, as a basis for these mortality values, lies the respective countries’ total population, and the generation groups begin thus with about 3.5 million children under five years of age in England's case, 300,000 for both Denmark and for Norway, and with about 500,000 for Sweden. In addition, it can be further . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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