Public Health Efforts and the Decline in Urban Mortality
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Keywords
public health; mortality; chlorination; filtration; pasteurization; sewage;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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