A public health controversy in 19th century Canada

DOI10.1214/088342305000000052zbMATH Open1188.01009OpenAlexW1966805080MaRDI QIDQ819964FDOQ819964

Authors: David R. Bellhouse, Christian Genest 

Publication date: 4 April 2006

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/088342305000000052

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zbMATH Keywords

public healthsanitationAndrew A. Wattcrude death rateMontreal Sanitary Associationmortality comparisonsPhilip P. Carpenterstandardized mortality ratiostatistical controversies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of statistics (62-03)

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