Book ID: CBB000830659

The Mosquito Wars: A History of Mosquito Control in Florida (2004)

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Patterson, Gordon M. (Author)


University Press of Florida


Publication Date: 2004
Physical Details: xviii + 263 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Daniel, Pete (2005) Review of "The Mosquito Wars: A History of Mosquito Control in Florida". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (p. 829). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kinkela, David
Ceccatti, John S.
Suryanarayanan, Sainath
Jeanine Elif Dağyeli
Junho Jung
O'Shaughnessy, Patrick T.
Concepts
Pesticides; insecticides
Insect control
DDT
Public health
Environmental sciences
Agriculture
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
21st century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
United States
Bukhara (Uzbekistan)
Arkansas (U.S.)
Switzerland
Germany
Florida (U.S.)
Institutions
United States. Army
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