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Autore: | Largent Mark A. |
Titolo: | Keep out of reach of children : Reye's syndrome, aspirin, and the politics of public health / / Mark A. Largent |
Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Bellevue Literary Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina: | 618.92 |
618.9283 | |
Soggetto topico: | Reye's syndrome |
Public health - Political aspects | |
Aspirin | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Keep out of reach of children |
ISBN: | 1-934137-89-8 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910787428803321 |
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