This research review offers an essential guide to debates about the causes and consequences of the decline of mortality and the improvement of human health over the last three centuries. It discusses the early-life origins of adult health and disease, changes in height, weight and body mass, the definition and measurement of the 'standard of living', and the economic and social impact of health improvements.
| ISBN: | 9780857931788 |
| Publication date: | 28th November 2014 |
| Author: | Roderick Floud |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1752 pages |
| Series: | Elgar Mini Series |
| Genres: |
Economic history |