Children and drug safety : balancing risk and protection in twentieth-century America / Cynthia A. Connolly.
This book traces the development, use, and marketing of drugs for children in the twentieth century. It illuminates the historical dimension of a clinical and policy issue with great contemporary significance--many of the drugs administered to children today have never been tested for safety and eff...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Critical issues in health and medicine.
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| Summary: | This book traces the development, use, and marketing of drugs for children in the twentieth century. It illuminates the historical dimension of a clinical and policy issue with great contemporary significance--many of the drugs administered to children today have never been tested for safety and efficacy in the pediatric population. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 246 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813563893 0813563895 0813563887 9780813563886 9780813563879 0813563879 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 30, 2018) |