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Health Trends in China Since the Great Leap Forward*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Robert M. Worth
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Since illness has both socio-economic causes and effects, an analysis of public health problems and programmes can give some insight into the condition of a nation and into the social philosophy of its government.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 22 , June 1965 , pp. 181 - 189
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 1965

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* This paper appears in more detailed form in the American Journal of Hygiene (Vol. 78, November 1963). Acknowledgment is made of the assistance of the University of Hong Kong through the kindness of its Vice-Chancellor, Sir Lindsay Ride. Acknowledgment is also made of the assistance of Dr. D. J. M. Mackenzie, Director of the Medical and Health Department, Mr. P. Donohue, Director of the Education Department, and of the Hon. C. G. M. Morrison, Commissioner of Resettlement, Hong Kong Government. This investigation was supported by Public Health Research Grant AI 04189-02 from the ICMRT Programme, Office of International Research, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service.