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UNINA9910457500703321 |
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Autore |
Löwy Ilana <1948-> |
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Titolo |
A woman's disease [[electronic resource] ] : the history of cervical cancer / / Ilana Löwy |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-59523-X |
9786613625069 |
0-19-163413-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cervix uteri - Cancer - History |
Cervix uteri - Cancer - Social aspects - History |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Three Patients; 1 The Early History of Tumours of the Womb; 2 Surgical Cures for a Cancerous Uterus; 3 The Hope of Rays; 4 The Pap Smear; 5 Save the Women; 6 Cervical Cancer Becomes a Sexually Transmitted Disease; 7 Still a Woman's Scourge; Epilogue: Cervical Cancer in the Twenty-First Century; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; M; O; P; R; S; T; V; Notes; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Cervical cancer is an emotive disease with multiple connotations. It has stood for the horror of cancer, the curse of femininity, the hope of cutting-edge medical technologies and the promise of screening for malignant tumours. For a long time, this disease was identified with the most dreaded aspects of malignancies: prolonged invalidity and chronic pain, but also physical degradation, shame and social isolation. Cervical cancer displayed in parallel the dangers of being a woman. In the 20th century, innovations initially developed to control cervical cancer - radiotherapy and radium therapy, |
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UNISA996207326603316 |
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Titolo |
Journal of molecular modeling |
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Berlin, : Springer, ©1996- |
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Molecules - Models |
Molecular structure - Mathematical models |
Molecular structure - Data processing |
Molécules - Modèles |
Structure moléculaire - Modèles mathématiques |
Structure moléculaire - Informatique |
Molekulardesign |
Zeitschrift |
Online-Ressource |
Models, Molecular |
Models, Chemical |
Molecular Structure |
Periodicals. |
Zeitschrift |
Online-Publikation |
Periodical |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Periodico |
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Note generali |
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Title from homepage (viewed Feb. 18, 1998). |
Refereed/Peer-reviewed |
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