Keep Out of Reach of Children: Reye's Syndrome, Aspirin, and the Politics of Public Health

by Mark A. Largent

"A fascinating history of a public health crisis. Compellingly written and insightful, Keep Out of Reach of Children traces the discovery of Reye's syndrome, research into its causes, industry's efforts to avoid warning labels on one suspected cause, aspirin, and the feared disease's sudden disappearance. Largent's empathy is with the myriad children and parents harmed by the disease, while he challenges the triumphalist view that labeling solved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193413788X
• ISBN13: 9781934137888
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Bellevue Literary Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"