Infection, Hidden Hunger, and History

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1983Publisher:JSTORJournal:Journal of Interdisciplinary History, volume 14, page 249 (issn: 0022-1953,

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Authors: A G, Carmichael;

doi: 10.2307/203703

pmid: 11617344

Infection, Hidden Hunger, and History

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Abstract

The relationships among undernutrition infection and mortality among the worlds poor are examined and an attempt is made to examine the social and demographic significance of these links. Comparisons are made between the present situation of populations in developing countries and that of populations of the past particularly regarding synergism which means that the behavior of most diseases is shaped by the nutritional state of the affected host. The importance of taking into account the morbidity patterns of past populations when studying mortality is stressed.

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History, Early Modern 1451-1600, History, Modern 1601-, Statistics as Topic, History, Medieval, Diet, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, History, Ancient, Demography

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