The Rise of Tuberculosis in America before 1820
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23215931 |
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| Authors | Scott D Holmberg (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 142 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1228-1232 |
| Publication date | 1990-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Review of Respiratory Disease (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0805 • E-ISSN: 2376-3752 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1164/ajrccm/142.5.1228 |
| PMID | 2240850 |
| OpenAlex | W2056487444 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Bills of mortality, newspaper and gazette articles, journals, and other records with specific references to “consumption,” “phthisis,” and other terms for tuberculosis were reviewed to determine the occurrence and importance of tuberculosis in the American colonies before 1820. Review of these sources indicates a marked increase in the proportional mortality from tuberculosis in the United States in the 18th century. “Consumption” may have been the leading cause of death in adult American colonists.
Consumption (sociology) · Newspaper · Pathology · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Tuberculosis · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Demography · Historical and modern epidemiology studies · History · Law · Medicine · Race, History, and American Society
| Highly cited | No |
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