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From: "David Michael Long" <dlong@fpm.eushc.org>
To: MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:08:41 -0400
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Subject: Re: Lead poisoning as a social (environmental) problem
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>           There's quite a literature on lead poisoning.  It's a
>           health, housing, environmental and ultimately social/

While I am positive Barbrara can give you the finest selection in 
terms of both breadth and quality of the literature, I think a good 
basic essay for all medical sociology courses is in the first chapter 
of Ryan's "Blaming the Victim," which addresses how the issue of 
children eating lead paint chips can be viewed from differing social 
contexts (and serves as the foundation for the whole book).  

Dave

David M. Long, MPH
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Emory University School of Medicine
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