The plutonium files : America's secret medical experiments in the Cold War
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RA1231.R2 W45 1999
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RA1231.R2 W45 1999
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Human experimentation in medicine -- United States.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Informed consent (Medical law) -- United States.
Plutonium.
Radiation -- Physiological effect -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Radiation -- Toxicology -- Research -- United States.
Radiation victims -- United States.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Informed consent (Medical law) -- United States.
Plutonium.
Radiation -- Physiological effect -- Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Radiation -- Toxicology -- Research -- United States.
Radiation victims -- United States.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Other Subjects
Consentement éclairé (Droit médical) -- États-Unis.
Experimentele geneeskunde.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine -- États-Unis.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine.
Human Experimentation
Informed Consent -- legislation & jurisprudence
Koude Oorlog.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Plutonium
Plutonium -- États-Unis -- 20ème siècle.
Plutonium.
Proefpersonen.
Radioactiviteit.
Rayonnement -- Effets physiologiques -- Recherche -- Aspect moral -- États-Unis.
Rayonnement -- Toxicologie -- Recherche -- États-Unis.
Rayonnements ionisants -- États-Unis -- 20ème siècle.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
United States
United States. -- Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.
United States. -- Department of Defense.
Victimes irradiées -- États-Unis.
Experimentele geneeskunde.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine -- États-Unis.
Expérimentation humaine en médecine.
Human Experimentation
Informed Consent -- legislation & jurisprudence
Koude Oorlog.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Plutonium
Plutonium -- États-Unis -- 20ème siècle.
Plutonium.
Proefpersonen.
Radioactiviteit.
Rayonnement -- Effets physiologiques -- Recherche -- Aspect moral -- États-Unis.
Rayonnement -- Toxicologie -- Recherche -- États-Unis.
Rayonnements ionisants -- États-Unis -- 20ème siècle.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
United States
United States. -- Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments.
United States. -- Department of Defense.
Victimes irradiées -- États-Unis.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
ix, 580 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 494-568) and index.
Description
"When the vast wartime factories of the Manhattan Project began producing plutonium in quantities never before seen on earth, scientists working on the top secret bomb building program grew apprehensive. Fearful that plutonium might cause a cancer epidemic among workers and desperate to learn more about what it could do to the human body, the Manhattan Project's medical doctors embarked upon an experiment in which eighteen unsuspecting patients in hospital wards throughout the country were secretly injected with the cancer-causing substance. Most of these patients would go to their graves without ever knowing what had been done to them."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Welsome, E. (1999). The plutonium files: America's secret medical experiments in the Cold War . The Dial Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Welsome, Eileen. 1999. The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War. New York, New York: The Dial Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Welsome, Eileen. The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War New York, New York: The Dial Press, 1999.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Welsome, E. (1999). The plutonium files: america's secret medical experiments in the cold war. New York, New York: The Dial Press.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Welsome, Eileen. The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War The Dial Press, 1999.
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