title: World population, world health and security: 20th century trends.
abstract: The connection between infectious disease control and national security is now firmly entrenched. This article takes a historical look at another security issue once prominent in debate on foreign policy and international relations, but now more or less absent: overpopulation. It explores the nature of the debate on population as a security question, and its complicated historical relation to the development of world health.
authors.affiliation: School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, Building A14, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Alison.bashford@usyd.edu.au
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authors.lastname: Bashford
mesh_terms: D005582:Foundations; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density; D012637:Security Measures