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Autore |
Largent Mark A. |
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Titolo |
Keep out of reach of children : Reye's syndrome, aspirin, and the politics of public health / / Mark A. Largent |
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New York, New York : , : Bellevue Literary Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Collana |
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Bellevue Literary Press Pathography |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reye's syndrome |
Public health - Political aspects |
Aspirin |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of Contents; Prologue; Chapter One: The Discovery of Reye's Syndrome; Chapter Two: Toxins: The Obvious Cause; Chapter Three: The Deadly Mist; Chapter Four: The Front Line in the Battle against Reye's Syndrome; Chapter Five: The Aspirin Hypothesis; Chapter Six: The Aspirin Industry Responds; Chapter Seven: The Rise of Labels and the Fall of Reye's; Chapter Eight: Labels, At Last; Chapter Nine: Triumph and Dissent; Chapter Ten: The Politics of Public Health; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A modern medical mystery about an illness that ravaged healthy children, changed policy, and vanished before a cause was found. |
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