Polio

Polio
ISBN-10
0766015920
ISBN-13
9780766015920
Series
Polio
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
128
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Enslow Pub Incorporated
Authors
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn

Description

Descusses the causes, history, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of poliomyelitis, the illness that affected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and considers its effects on society, the possibility of eradication, and the search for a cure for paralysis.

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