What is it about?
This book reviews the history of mapping as a tool in epidemiology and public health from its origins in the 1600's to today.
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Why is it important?
For epidemiologists and public health officials it details the role that medical cartography plays in exploring both the pace of infectious disease and the environmental or social elements that either promote or limit disease propogation.
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This page is a summary of: Disease Maps, January 2011, University of Chicago Press,
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226449401.001.0001.
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