Book ID: CBB000641645

Polio: An American Story (2005)

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Oshinsky, David M. (Author)


Oxford University Press


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: 346 pp.; bibl.; index; ill.
Language: English

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Review Kraut, Alan M. (2006) Review of "Polio: An American Story". American Historical Review (p. 865). unapi

Review Pallansch, Mark (2005) Review of "Polio: An American Story". Science. unapi

Essay Review Markowitz, Gerald (2005) The Virus Scare. Reviews in American History (pp. 566-573). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wilson, Daniel J.
Wooten, Heather Green
Paolo Neri
Tara Suri
Paolo Leoncini
Jacobs, Charlotte
Journals
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Journal of the History of Biology
Histoire des Sciences Médicales
Health and History
Asclepio: Archivo Iberoamericano de Historia de la Medicina
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Passigli Editori
University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
University of Texas Medical Branch Graduate School of Biomedical Science
George Washington University
Yale University Press
Concepts
Poliomyelitis
Vaccines; vaccination
Disease and diseases
Medicine
Public health
Medicine and society
People
Salk, Jonas Edward
Sabin, Albert Bruce
Koch, Robert
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
United States
Texas (U.S.)
Sweden
Spain
New Zealand
Hungary
Institutions
European Association against Poliomyelitis
Cutter Laboratories
World Health Organization (WHO)
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