Polio an American story

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  • Auteur: Oshinsky, David M.
    Contributor:

    Hogan, Jonathan

    Résumé:

    This comprehensive and gripping narrative covers all the challenges, characters, and controversies in America's relentless struggle against polio. Funded by philanthropy and grassroots contributions, Salk's killed-virus vaccine (1954) and Sabin's live-virus vaccine (1961) began to eradicate this dreaded disease.

    Genre: History, Medicine, health and fitness
    Subject(s): History
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD , [Prince Frederick, Md.] , Recorded Books , [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781449898922

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Hogan, Jonathan

Abstract

This comprehensive and gripping narrative covers all the challenges, characters, and controversies in America's relentless struggle against polio. Funded by philanthropy and grassroots contributions, Salk's killed-virus vaccine (1954) and Sabin's live-virus vaccine (1961) began to eradicate this dreaded disease.

Genre
History
Medicine, health and fitness
Subject
History
Publisher (Source)

Prince Frederick, MD

[Prince Frederick, Md.]

Recorded Books

[Distributed by] OneClick Digital

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