Extending Public Health: The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission and Hookworm in the American South.
The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease (1909-1914) fielded a philanthropic public health project that had three goals: to estimate hookworm prevalence in the American South, provide treatment, and eradicate the disease. Activities covered 11 Southern states, and...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 104; no. 1; pp. 47 - 59 |
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