Ringworm and Irradiation: The Historical, Medical, and Legal Implications of the Forgotten Epidemic: Oxford Medical Online
Autor Shifra Shvarts, Siegal Sadetzkien Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2022
half of the 20th century. At its peak in the 1940 and 50s, children around the globe were treated with radiation therapy to prevent and eradicate ringworm of the scalp, a treatment that led years later to latent health risk to develop tumors, malignancies, thyroid cancer, brain tumors, and other health effects among the
exposed population. The actions taken by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the US Food and Drug Administration to launch a nationwide campaign warning the public, and thus the medical community, about the late health effects of ionizing radiation received in childhood are evidenced in this
compilation.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197568965
ISBN-10: 0197568963
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Oxford Medical Online
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0197568963
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Seria Oxford Medical Online
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Descriere
Ringworm
and
Irradiation:
The
Historical,
Medical,
and
Legal
Implications
of
the
Forgotten
Epidemic
explores
the
history
of
the
disease
and
the
use
of
irradiation
for
the
treatment
of
ringworm,
an
epidemic
that
was
spread
mainly
among
poor
children
in
countries
across
the
world
in
the
first
half
of
the
20th
century.At
its
peak
in
the
1940
and
50s,
children
around
the
globe
were
treated
with
radiation
therapy
to
prevent
and
eradicate
ringworm
of
the
scalp,
a
treatment
that
led
years
later
to
latent
health
risk
to
develop
tumors,
malignancies,
thyroid
cancer,
brain
tumors,
and
other
health
effects
among
the
exposed
population.
The
actions
taken
by
the
National
Cancer
Institute
(NCI)
and
the
US
Food
and
Drug
Administration
to
launch
a
nationwide
campaign
warning
the
public,
and
thus
the
medical
community,about
the
late
health
effects
of
ionizing
radiation
received
in
childhood
are
evidenced
in
this
compilation.
Notă biografică
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.