Abstract
Despite historical predictions that infectious diseases would wane in the United States, these data show that infectious diseases mortality in the United States has been increasing in recent years.
Keywords
MedicineMortality rateCause of deathInfectious disease (medical specialty)PopulationDiseaseDemographyPediatricsEnvironmental healthInternal medicine
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- 1996
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- article
- Volume
- 275
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 189-189
- Citations
- 473
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Robert W. Pinner
(1996).
Trends in Infectious Diseases Mortality in the United States.
JAMA
, 275
(3)
, 189-189.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1996.03530270029027
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- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1996.03530270029027