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TUBERCULOSIS, and particularly pulmonary tuberculosis (phthisis, or consumption of the lungs), still remains one of the health problems of the age. The Medical Research Committee has, therefore, been well advised to institute an inquiry into the epidemiology of phthisis in Great Britain and Ireland, of which this report by Dr. John Brownlee is the outcome.
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HEWLETT, R. The Epidemiology of Phthisis 1 . Nature 102, 368–369 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102368a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/102368a0