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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826192803321

Autore

Largent Mark A.

Titolo

Keep out of reach of children : Reye's syndrome, aspirin, and the politics of public health / / Mark A. Largent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Bellevue Literary Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-934137-89-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Bellevue Literary Press Pathography

Disciplina

618.92

618.9283

Soggetti

Reye's syndrome

Public health - Political aspects

Aspirin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

A modern medical mystery about an illness that ravaged healthy children, changed policy, and vanished before a cause was found.