IJE Advance Access originally published online on August 25, 2008
International Journal of Epidemiology 2009 38(5):1419-1420; doi:10.1093/ije/dyn175
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Population and Disease: Transforming English Society, 1550–1850. Peter Razzell.
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Population and Disease: Transforming English Society, 1550–1850.Peter Razzell.Caliban Books, pp. 337. £45. ISBN 978-1-85066-47-7
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Understanding the underlying mechanisms of population growth and health in the past provides an opportunity for better understanding future changes and where to focus public health interventions. In Population and Disease: Transforming English Society, 1550–1850, Peter Razzell (PR) takes the reader through an interesting tour of new data, analyses and observations about the demographic changes and health in the population during a 300-year period