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Prescribing by numbers drugs and the definition of disease

Title
Prescribing by numbers [electronic resource] : drugs and the definition of disease / Jeremy A. Greene.
Author
Greene, Jeremy A., 1974-
Publication
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

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Description
1 online resource (xv, 318 p.) : ill., map.
Uniform Title
Prescribing by numbers (Online)
Alternative Title
Prescribing by numbers (Online)
Subject
  • Chemotherapy > Miscellanea
  • Diseases > Miscellanea
  • Drugs > Miscellanea
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-308) and index.
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Contents
Releasing the flood waters : the development and promotion of Diuril -- Shrinking the symptom, growing the disease : hypertension after Diuril -- Finding the hidden diabetic : Orinase creates a new market -- Risk and the symptom : the trials of Orinase -- The fall and rise of a risk factor : cholesterol and its remedies -- Know your number : cholesterol and the threshold of pathology.
LCCN
2006011616
OCLC
ssj0000226567
Author
Greene, Jeremy A., 1974-
Title
Prescribing by numbers [electronic resource] : drugs and the definition of disease / Jeremy A. Greene.
Imprint
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-308) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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