Social medicine: national and international transfer of ideas

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Virginia Berridge. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 Jul.

. 2006 Jul;60(7):558.

doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.043687.

¹ Centre for History in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK. virginia.berridge@lshtm.ac.uk

Abstract

The complex transmission of ideas and practices about public health calls out for more research.

A personal history: social medicine in a South African setting, 1952-5. Part 1: The shape of ideas forged in the second world war.
Susser M. Susser M. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006 Jul;60(7):554-7. doi: 10.1136/jech.2005.032755. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2006. PMID: 16790819 Free PMC article.

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