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| 100 | _aAlan M Kraut | ||
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_aSilent travelers : germs, genes, and the "immigrant menace". _hEnglish |
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_bThe Johns Hopkings University Press _c1994 _aLondon |
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| 300 | _a369 | ||
| 500 | _aThis study traces the American tradition of the suspicion of immigrant populations spreading disease. From the cholera outbreak of the 1930s to the associations of Haitians and AIDS, the author shows how immigrant groups have been regularly slandered as carriers of particular diseases. | ||
| 650 | _aMedical policy | ||
| 650 | _aEmigration and immigration--Government policy | ||
| 650 | _aImmigrants--Health and hygiene--Government policy | ||
| 942 | _cBK | ||
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