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Author Lin, Yi-Tang, 1986- author.

Title Statistics and the language of global health : institutions and experts in China, Taiwan, and the world, 1917-1960 / Yi-Tang Lin
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Description 1 online resource
Series Global health histories
Global health histories (Series)
Summary "Drawing on archival material from three continents, this book investigates efforts by universities, foundations, and international organizations to turn numbers into an international language for health, and how those efforts were received in China. The history of various quantification practices illustrates the dynamic relationship between numbers, experts and policy-making"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2022)
Subject Public health -- Statistics
Medical policy -- History
Public Health -- statistics & numerical data
Statistics as Topic
Government Programs -- history
International Agencies -- history
Foundations -- history
Health Policy -- history
History, 20th Century
Medical policy
Public health
SUBJECT China https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002681
Genre/Form History
Statistics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108991339
1108991335