Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning

by Christian Warren

Book Overview

Winner of the Arthur Viseltear Award for Outstanding Book in the History of Public Health from the American Public Health AssociationSelected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

During the twentieth century, lead poisoning killed thousands of workers and children in the United States. Thousands who survived lead poisoning were left physically crippled or were robbed of mental faculties and years of life. In Brush...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801868203
• ISBN13: 9780801868207
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"