RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 World population, world health and security: 20th century trends JF Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO J Epidemiol Community Health FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 187 OP 190 DO 10.1136/jech.2006.055608 VO 62 IS 3 A1 A Bashford YR 2008 UL http://jech.bmj.com/content/62/3/187.abstract AB 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.