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The great lead water pipe disaster / Werner Troesken

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Author:
Troesken, Werner 1963-  Search this
Physical description:
x, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2006
C2006
Contents:
Exhuming Michael Galler -- The significance of the small -- A house for Erasmus -- Fixing Alice -- The latent history of eclampsia -- The secret of Dr. Porritt's society -- A false sense of simplicity -- Responsibility in the court of the absurd -- The legend of Loch Katrine -- Building on the past --Appendix A : estimating the effects of lead water pipes on infant and fetal mortality -- Appendix B : a statistical supplement to The Menace and Geography of Eclampsia -- Appendix C : the correlates of lead solvency
Topic:
Water-pipes--Materials--History  Search this
Lead--Environmental aspects--History  Search this
Lead--Toxicology--History  Search this
Drinking water--Lead content--History  Search this
Pipe, Lead--History  Search this
Lead poisoning--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_817004