Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide (Children and Youth: History and Culture)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780313330414
Subjects: Personal & public health; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; General; United States - General; History / United States / General; Reference; Children; Diseases; Health and hygiene; History; United States; Youth
First sentence: Of all the changes that have transformed American childhood since the colonial era, perhaps none has been more significant than the dramatic reduction that has taken place in the likelihood of death, disease, or physical incapacitation during the early years of life.