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Margaret Humphreys

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14

Publications

863

Citations

12

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1996

Active since

Affiliations

Duke University(Current)

The University of Sydney

McMaster University

University of Cambridge

Margaret Humphreys is an author at Duke University specializing in medical history, social sciences, and anthropology.

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Medical HistorySocial SciencesMedicineAnthropologyPublic HealthBlack StudiesAfrican American HistoryAfrican American SlaveryRaceCivil Rights

Publications per year

1996–2020

14

Publications

14

The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life

Margaret Humphreys · Bulletin of the history of medicine · 1999 · 302 citations

Pathogenic Microbiology, American Life, Contemporary Culture +21

17th Century Variola Virus Reveals the Recent History of Smallpox

Ana T. Duggan, Maria F. Perdomo, Dario Piombino‐Mascali et al. · Current Biology · 2016 · 265 citations · Full text

Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria

Margaret Humphreys · Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences · 2009 · 40 citations

Ecosystem Health, Malaria, Human Ecology +16

Picturing Medical Progress From Pasteur to Polio: A History of Mass Media Images and Popular Attitudes in America

Margaret Humphreys · JAMA · 2009 · 37 citations

Health Politics, Public Opinion, Mass Media Images +16

How Four Once Common Diseases Were Eliminated From The American South

Margaret Humphreys · Health Affairs · 2009 · 32 citations

Public Health Interventions, Socioeconomics, Economic Development +16

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