Black Lung Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster |
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| Author:
| Derickson, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-3186-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $33.50 |
Book Description:
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In 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.
In 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.