Title Statistics and the language of global health : institutions and experts in China, Taiwan, and the world, 1917-1960 / Yi-Tang Lin.

Publication Info.	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
	©2022

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Description	1 online resource.
Series	Global health histories
	Global health histories (Series)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Note	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.
	China.
ISBN	9781108991339 electronic book
	1108991335 electronic book
	9781108845922 hardcover
	1108845924 hardcover

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