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After scientists confirmed that mosquitoes can transmit yellow fever and other diseases, mosquito control emerged as an important public health measure. Discover how Americans have managed mosquitoes at home and abroad through this selection of items from the NLM collection.

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The Effects of Environmental Chemicals on the Immune System, 1981

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The U.S. National Library of Medicine’s Toxicology Information Program created this annotated bibliography of a decade’s worth of studies on the effects of chemicals on the immune system.


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