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100 1 _aDerickson, Alan.
245 1 0 _aBlack Lung :
_bAnatomy of a Public Health Disaster.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c1998.
264 4 _c©2015.
300 _a1 online resource (257 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aBLACK LUNG -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. They Spit a Black Substance -- 2. Twice a Boy -- 3. The Atmosphere of the Mine Is Now Vindicated -- 4. Sheep-like Acceptance of Half-Baked Statements -- 5. To Bits -- 6. Frightening Figures -- 7. Extreme Solidarity -- Notes -- Index.
520 _aIn the definitive history of a twentieth-century public health disaster, Alan Derickson recounts how, for decades, the combined failure of government, medicine, and industry to halt the spread of black lung disease--and even to acknowledge its existence--resulted in a national tragedy, the effects of which are still being felt.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aLungs -- Dust diseases -- United States -- History.
650 0 _aCoal miners -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
650 0 _aCoal miners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aDerickson, Alan
_tBlack Lung
_dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c1998
_z9780801482861
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138637
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