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.