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Keep out of reach of children : Reye's syndrome, aspirin, and the politics of public health / Mark A. Largent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Largent, Mark A., author.
- Series:
- Bellevue Literary Press pathography.
- Bellevue Literary Press Pathography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reye's syndrome.
- Public health--Political aspects.
- Public health.
- Aspirin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A modern medical mystery about an illness that ravaged healthy children, changed policy, and vanished before a cause was found.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-934137-89-8
- OCLC:
- 902417110
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