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RECORD NUMBER: 205 OF 294Main Title | Old paint : a medical history of childhood lead-paint poisoning in the United States to 1980 / | ||||||||||||||||
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Author | English, Peter C. | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Rutgers University Press, | ||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 46240263 | ||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0813529875 (alk. paper) | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Lead poisoning in children--United States--History--20th century ; Lead based paint--Toxicology--United States--History--20th century ; Poisoning, Accidental, in children--United States--History--20th century ; Lead Poisoning--history--Child--United States ; Lead Poisoning--history--Infant--United States ; Paint--toxicity--United States ; Poisoning--history--Child--United States ; Poisoning--history--Infant--United States | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | xv, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-242) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Lead Poisoning before 1920. Children and lead before 1920 -- The Queensland epidemic -- The scientific study of the American workplace -- Lead hazards, lead safety, and Alice Hamilton. Gnawing toddlers. Children and the Lead Industries Association, 1925-1935 -- Baltimore, Boston, and Robert Kehoe, 1930-1940. Peeling and flaking paint. A 1950s transformation -- The urban ecology -- New therapies. Industry and public health responses. One percent lead content for paint -- Urban lead programs of the 1950s and 1960s -- Children and lead, 1960-1965. The new ecology. A "submerged" national epidemic -- Air pollution and an epidemic redefined -- Dust, dirt, and mouthing in 1980. |