The Geography of Disease: The American Geographical Society’s Approach to the Problem

  • J. M. May
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Part of the Meteorological Monographs book series (METEOR, volume 2)

Abstract

  1. 1.

    A definition of the field of medical geography is given.

     
  2. 2.

    A method of approach is outlined.

     
  3. 3.

    This method is based on a “census,” the technique of which is explained.

     
  4. 4.

    Pathological phenomena as well as geographical factors are analyzed.

     
  5. 5.

    The technique for studying the correlations between these two groups of factors is developed.

     

Keywords

Yellow Fever Geographical Factor Scrub Typhus Scarlet Fever Noncommunicable Disease 
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References

  1. 1.
    Herms, W. B., 1948: Medical entomology. New York, The Macmillan Company, p. 326.Google Scholar
  2. 2.
    May, J. M., 1950: Medical geography: its methods and objectives. Geog. Rev., 40, 9–41.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

© American Meteorological Society 1954

Authors and Affiliations

  • J. M. May
    • 1
  1. 1.American Geographical SocietyNew YorkUSA

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