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Abstract
In the early 1900s, 100 years after Hermann Biggs initiated comprehensive tuberculosis-control efforts in New York City, both the city and the US saw a resurgence of the disease. New York City's rejuvenated tuberculosis-control efforts were patterned after Biggs' original model.
Details
Title
Lessons from the 1800s: Tuberculosis control in the new millennium
Author
Frieden, Thomas R; Lerner, Barron H; Rutherford, Bret R
Pages
1088-92
Publication year
2000
Publication date
Mar 25, 2000
ISSN
01406736
e-ISSN
1474547X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
199023378
Copyright
Copyright Lancet Ltd. Mar 25, 2000