In the United States, tuberculosis (TB) was one of the leading causes of death at the beginning of the twentieth century, but reported mortality from TB declined steadily during the first half of the century. Discuss what factors caused this decline
The factors that caused a decline in mortality from TB in the first half of the twentieth century were:
• Improvements in housing that reduced crowding
• Development of effective antibiotics
• Creation of TB control programs
• Improvements in hygiene and sanitation that reduced the rates of many communicable diseases
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A. by cooling. B. by de-energizing involved equipment. C. with appropriately applied foam and/or dry chemical agents. D. with an extinguishing agent designed specifically for the materials involved.
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