Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Global Revolution in Life Expectancy
- 1 A Brief Overview of the Health Transition
- 2 Public Health
- 3 Medicine
- 4 Wealth, Income, and Economic Development
- 5 Famine, Malnutrition, and Diet
- 6 Households and Individuals
- 7 Literacy and Education
- Conclusion
- Index
Dedication
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2015
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps, and Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Global Revolution in Life Expectancy
- 1 A Brief Overview of the Health Transition
- 2 Public Health
- 3 Medicine
- 4 Wealth, Income, and Economic Development
- 5 Famine, Malnutrition, and Diet
- 6 Households and Individuals
- 7 Literacy and Education
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Rising Life ExpectancyA Global History, pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001