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history of public health  

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  • Human concern with health dates back to the earliest writings and civilizations. Excavations of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in the Indian subcontinent reveal bathrooms and drainage systems more than 4,000 years old. [Source: Encyclopedia of Epidemiology; Public Health, History of]

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