Heightened expectations : the rise of the human growth hormone industry in America /

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Explores the complex relationship between the history of the social stigmatization of short stature in boys and the rise of the multibillion-dollar human growth hormone industry.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Medeiros, Aimee Lynn, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]
©2016
Series:Nexus.
Subjects:
Sports > United States > Physiological aspects.
Somatotropin > Physiological effect > United States.
Dwarfism.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Endocrine glands > Diseases.
Industries.
Genetic disorders.
Pituitary hormones.
History.
Diseases.
Bones > Diseases.
Musculoskeletal system > Diseases.
Humanities.
Peptide hormones.
Hormones.
Somatotropin.
Human Growth Hormone
Dwarfism
Drug Industry
History, 20th Century
Bone Diseases, Developmental
History, Modern 1601-
Endocrine System Diseases
Industry
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Pituitary Hormones, Anterior
History
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Disease
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
Bone Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Humanities
Pituitary Hormones
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Peptide Hormones
Hormones
Peptides
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Chemicals and Drugs
Growth Hormone
History, Early Modern 1451-1600
Sports > États-Unis > Aspect physiologique.
Somatotrophine > Effets physiologiques > États-Unis.
Nanisme.
Industrie pharmaceutique.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Dysplasie osseuse.
Médecine > Histoire > 1500-
Glandes endocrines > Maladies.
Industrie.
Maladies génétiques.
Hormones antéhypophysaires.
Histoire.
Maladies.
Os > Maladies.
Appareil locomoteur > Maladies.
Sciences humaines.
Hormones hypophysaires.
Hormones peptidiques.
Somatotrophine.
industries (organizations)
industry (economic concept)
history (discipline)
disease.
illness.
humanities.
hormone.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Somatotropin
Pituitary hormones
Pharmaceutical industry
Peptide hormones
Musculoskeletal system > Diseases
Industries
Genetic disorders
Endocrine glands > Diseases
Diseases
Bones > Diseases
Somatotropin > Physiological effect
Sports > Physiological aspects
United States
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