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The secret history of the war on cancer

Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Devra Lee
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : BasicBooks, c2007.
Subjects:	Health Policy. Cancer > Environmental aspects. Cancer > Treatment. Cancer > Government policy > United States. Cancer > Law and legislation > United States. Cancer > Research > History. Cancer > Prevention > History.
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Summary:	Relates the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain.
Physical Description:	xviii, 505 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780465015665 0465015662
Author Notes:	Devra Davis , Ph.D., M.P.H., is the Director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health. She was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board in 1994 and also served as Scholar in Residence at the National Academy of Science. She works in Pittsburgh, and lives in Washington, D.C. She is married to Richard D. Morgenstern and has two children and two grandchildren.