public health achievements
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10 great public health achievements credited with extending US life expectancy in the 1900s by 25 years:
<br>- Immunizations
<br>- Motor vehicle safety
<br>- Workplace safety
<br>- Control of infectious diseases
<br>- Declines in deaths from heart disease and stroke
<br>- Safer and healthier foods
<br>- Healthier mothers and babies
<br>- Family planning
<br>- Fluoridation of drinking water
<br>- Tobacco as a health hazard
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