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MILLS-REINCKE PHENOMENON [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Supply
  • Water Pollution
  • Human Diseases
DEF

The coincidence, first pointed out by Hiram F. Mills and Dr. J.J. Reincke in 1893-1894, each working independently, between the improvement in the quality of the water supply and a lowering in the death rate in a community from diseases not thought to be directly waterborne.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation en eau
  • Pollution de l'eau
  • Maladies humaines
DEF

Coïncidence signalée pour la première fois par Hiram F. Mills et le docteur J.J. Reincke en 1893-1894, chacun travaillant indépendamment, entre l'amélioration, dans une agglomération, de la qualité de l'approvisionnement en eau et l'abaissement de la mortalité due à des maladies qui ne sont pas transmises directement par l'eau.

Spanish

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