Polio

by Tamra B. Orr and Tamra B Orr

Thanks to a the pioneering efforts of disease researchers and immunologists and a highly effective and concerted global vaccination effort, one of the most dread diseases of the twentieth century has been largely wiped out. For most people, polio is no longer the terrifying specter it once was, yet it still casts a long and dark shadow over human consciousness and history, due to its extreme physical and emotional effects on polio victims and their...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1435894367
• ISBN13: 9781435894365
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12