Shifra Shvarts, Siegal Sadetzki

Ringworm and Irradiation

The Historical, Medical, and Legal Implications of the Forgotten Epidemic

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Produktbeschreibung

Ringworm and Irradiation: The Historical, Medical, and Legal Implications of the Forgotten Epidemic describes the organized irradiation campaigns to treat ringworm by different governments and the debate afterward regarding launching campaigns to warn the medical community and public about the latent health effects of ionizing radiation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780197568965
• ISBN-10: 0197568963
• Artikelnr.: 63465521

Autorenporträt

Shifra Shvarts, PhD, is a researcher of the history of medicine, and a Professor Emerita within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. She received the 2003 Einhorn Prize for Achievements in Hebrew Medical Literature. Shvarts has written four books and co-authored dozens of volumes and over 140 papers and book chapters. Professor Siegal Sadetzki, MD, MPH, is a physician with a specialty in public health and is a professor in Tel Aviv University's Sackler Faculty of Medicine. She has published more than 170 peer reviewed articles and chapters in scientific books focusing mainly on cancer epidemiology and late effects of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.