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Black Lung : Anatomy of a Public Health Disaster /

"Black Lung exposes the enormous human cost of producing the energy source responsible for making the United States the world's preeminent industrial nation. The book also provides a stark warning about the risks of ignoring or denying the existence of an occupational disease. Americans to...

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Autor principal: Derickson, Alan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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