War, Famine, and Pestilence in Late Precolonial Tanzania: A Case for a Heightened Mortality

1988/01/01 by Juhani Koponen · 2 citations
Health Professions · #Health and Conflict Studies

paper · doi:10.2307/219745

openalex publication_date 1988/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06

Abstract

The author analyzes the factors affecting mortality in precolonial Tanzania with emphasis on crisis mortality due to famine war and pestilence. The study is based on a review of the published literature. (ANNOTATION)

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