The great lead water pipe disaster [[electronic resource] /] / Werner Troesken |
Autore | Troesken Werner <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/492 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking water - Lead content - History
Lead poisoning - History Lead - Environmental aspects - History Lead - Toxicology - History Pipe, Lead - History Water-pipes - Materials - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-262-31186-0
1-282-09739-3 0-262-28517-7 9786612097393 1-4294-5538-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452182203321 |
Troesken Werner <1963-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great lead water pipe disaster [[electronic resource] /] / Werner Troesken |
Autore | Troesken Werner <1963-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/492 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking water - Lead content - History
Lead poisoning - History Lead - Environmental aspects - History Lead - Toxicology - History Pipe, Lead - History Water-pipes - Materials - History |
ISBN |
0-262-31186-0
1-282-09739-3 0-262-28517-7 9786612097393 1-4294-5538-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777504703321 |
Troesken Werner <1963-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The great lead water pipe disaster / / Werner Troesken |
Autore | Troesken Werner <1963-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/492 |
Soggetto topico |
Drinking water - Lead content - History
Lead poisoning - History Lead - Environmental aspects - History Lead - Toxicology - History Pipe, Lead - History Water-pipes - Materials - History |
ISBN |
0-262-31186-0
1-282-09739-3 0-262-28517-7 9786612097393 1-4294-5538-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807879603321 |
Troesken Werner <1963-> | ||
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lead wars [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner |
Autore | Markowitz Gerald E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/492 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RosnerDavid <1947-> |
Collana | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
Soggetto topico |
Lead poisoning - United States - History
Lead poisoning in children - United States Lead poisoning in children - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-520-95495-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: A Legacy of Neglect -- 2. From Personal Tragedy to Public Health Crisis -- 3. Peeling the Onion -- 4. The Contentious Meaning of Low-Level Exposures -- 5. The Rise of Public Health Pragmatism -- 6. Controlled Poison -- 7. Research on Trial -- 8. Lead Poisoning and the Courts -- 9. A Plague on All Our Houses -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463110103321 |
Markowitz Gerald E | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lead wars [[electronic resource] ] : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner |
Autore | Markowitz Gerald E |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/492 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RosnerDavid <1947-> |
Collana | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
Soggetto topico |
Lead poisoning - United States - History
Lead poisoning in children - United States Lead poisoning in children - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
america american children chronic illness environmental sciences epidemiology experiments health and wellness health policies historical human condition lead poisoning legal conflicts nonfiction poisoning epidemic political politics of science public health agencies public health workers public health reagan administration retrospective social historians toxic exposure unethical research us history |
ISBN | 0-520-95495-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: A Legacy of Neglect -- 2. From Personal Tragedy to Public Health Crisis -- 3. Peeling the Onion -- 4. The Contentious Meaning of Low-Level Exposures -- 5. The Rise of Public Health Pragmatism -- 6. Controlled Poison -- 7. Research on Trial -- 8. Lead Poisoning and the Courts -- 9. A Plague on All Our Houses -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786266903321 |
Markowitz Gerald E | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Lead wars : the politics of science and the fate of America's children / / Gerald Markowitz and David Rosner |
Autore | Markowitz Gerald E |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (323 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.738/492 |
Altri autori (Persone) | RosnerDavid <1947-> |
Collana | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
Soggetto topico |
Lead poisoning - United States - History
Lead poisoning in children - United States Lead poisoning in children - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
ISBN | 0-520-95495-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: A Legacy of Neglect -- 2. From Personal Tragedy to Public Health Crisis -- 3. Peeling the Onion -- 4. The Contentious Meaning of Low-Level Exposures -- 5. The Rise of Public Health Pragmatism -- 6. Controlled Poison -- 7. Research on Trial -- 8. Lead Poisoning and the Courts -- 9. A Plague on All Our Houses -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814782003321 |
Markowitz Gerald E | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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