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Polio across the Iron Curtain : Hungary's Cold War with an epidemic /

"By the end of the 1950s Hungary became an unlikely leader in what we now call global health. Only three years after Soviet tanks crushed the revolution of 1956, Hungary became one of the first countries to introduce the Sabin vaccine into its national vaccination programme"--|cProvided by...

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Main Author: Vargha, Dóra, 1979- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Series:Global health histories (Series)
Subjects:
Poliomyelitis > Hungary > History.
Poliomyelitis vaccine, Oral > History.
World health > History > 20th century.
Poliovirus Vaccine, Oral > history
Poliomyelitis > history
Global Health > history
History, 20th Century
Hungary
Poliomyélite > Hongrie > Histoire.
Vaccin antipoliomyélitique oral > Histoire.
Santé mondiale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Poliomyelitis.
Poliomyelitis vaccine, Oral.
World health.
Hungary.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"By the end of the 1950s Hungary became an unlikely leader in what we now call global health. Only three years after Soviet tanks crushed the revolution of 1956, Hungary became one of the first countries to introduce the Sabin vaccine into its national vaccination programme"--|cProvided by publisher
Item Description:Title from content provider.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781108420846
1108420842
9781108431019
1108431011
DOI:10.1017/9781108355421