The Modern Epidemic: A History of Tuberculosis in Japan
William Johnston
432 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0674579127
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Language: English
Publish: November 26, 1995
This work provides a historical and comparative analysis of modern Japan’s epidemic of tuberculosis. It demonstrates the links between such epidemics and the social changes that accompanied modernization, and examines the responses of states, private organizations and individuals to these epidemics