title: "From early childhood, I understood that the health of the state came first in our household". Dr. Thomas F. Wood and the North Carolina State Board of Health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Barton College, Wilson 27893.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Shingleton
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009657:North Carolina; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*