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Beginning in 1976 deaths from asthma in New Zealand rose suddenly and dramatically, tripling by 1979. This work tells the controversial story of how a group of young researchers discovered that the asthma drug fenoterol was a cause of this alarming epidemic. It also draws attention to the contest between money and science in medical research.

Produktbeschreibung
Beginning in 1976 deaths from asthma in New Zealand rose suddenly and dramatically, tripling by 1979. This work tells the controversial story of how a group of young researchers discovered that the asthma drug fenoterol was a cause of this alarming epidemic. It also draws attention to the contest between money and science in medical research.
Autorenporträt
Neil Pearce is a professor at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand, and established the university's Centre for Public Health Research. He has written 14 books on the epidemiology of cancer, asthma, and occupational health.