Keep Out of Reach of Children : Reye’s Syndrome, Aspirin, and the Politics of Public Health.

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Largent, Mark A

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text

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computer

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online resource

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9781934137895

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Keep Out of Reach of ChildrenDDC classification:

618.928

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RJ520.R43 -- .L374 2015eb

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Contents:

Intro -- 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.

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

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

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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