IngentaConnect Considerations on Pellagra

Author: Goldberger, Joseph

Source: The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings, The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings , pp. 99-102(4)

Publisher: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

Abstract:

This is a section of the book The Challenge of Epidemiology: Issues and Selected Readings. Edited by four eminent epidemiologists, this book consolidates, for the first time, a core of landmark articles on the evolution, scope and limitations, uses, and prospects of epidemiology. An outstanding feature of the book is the inclusion of the editors' assessments of the realm of epidemiology, where it is and where it should be going. It represents a useful tool for both students and practicing professionals and provides a much-needed frame of reference for reorienting the practice of epidemiology. The book is a collection of 91 articles, grouped in five parts. This article attempts to further the understanding of the disease pellagra. The first part of this article discusses about the etiology, causes and prevention of the disease found in different literatures. It seeks to find an explanation to the outbreak of the malady of just patients in asylums. The second part of the article includes a discussion on the study of pellagra directed to the Surgeon General, which discusses the causes and effects that the disease has on certain population groups, such as children and the poor.

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