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Autore |
Troesken Werner <1963-> |
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Titolo |
The great lead water pipe disaster / / Werner Troesken |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-31186-0 |
1-282-09739-3 |
0-262-28517-7 |
9786612097393 |
1-4294-5538-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drinking water - Lead content - History |
Lead poisoning - History |
Lead - Environmental aspects - History |
Lead - Toxicology - History |
Pipe, Lead - History |
Water-pipes - Materials - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Exhuming Michael Galler -- 1 The Significance of the Small -- 2 A House for Erasmus -- 3 Fixing Alice -- 4 The Latent History of Eclampsia -- 5 The Secret of Dr. Porritt's Society -- 6 A False Sense of Simplicity -- 7 Responsibility in the Court of the Absurd -- 8 The Legend of Loch Katrine -- 9 Building on the Past -- Appendix A Estimating the Effects of Lead Water Pipes on Infant and Fetal Mortality -- Appendix B A Statistical Supplement to The Menace and Geography of Eclampsia -- Appendix C The Correlates of Lead Solvency -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The history of a long-running environmental catastrophe chronicles the harmful effects of lead pipes and their continued use despite evidence that they pose a significant health risk. |
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