Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine
Chronicles Dr. Salk's successful efforts to develop and test a vaccine for polio, from a small laboratory experiment to the first and largest national vaccination campaign.
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- Anchor Books
- Year
- 1991
- ISBN-13
- 9780385418683
- Genre
- Science & Technology
- Topics
- Polio vaccine developmentMedical historyPublic health campaigns
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