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Sick as a Parrot

Industrialism and Disease

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Society Today 2
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Salmonella in eggs and poultry; listeria in soft cheeses; danger from unpasteurised milk; outbreaks of legionnaires’ disease in London and in the West Midlands: for the medical authorities, the food industry and the politicians 1989 was a bad year.

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© 1991 David Barrat, Chris Brown, Tony Cole, Peter de la Cour, David Cutler and Karim Murji, Roger Gomm, Patrick McNeill

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McNeill, P. (1991). Sick as a Parrot. In: Society Today 2. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12065-9_37

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