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Science in Review: DDT, the Army's Insect Powder, Strikes a Blow Against Typhus and for Pest Control

Title:: Science in Review: DDT, the Army's Insect Powder, Strikes a Blow Against Typhus and for Pest Control
Creator:: Kaempffert, Waldemar
Date:: 4 June 1944
Periodical:: New York Times
Publisher:: New York Times Company
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of the New York Times.
Genre:: Articles
Subject:: DDT, Insecticides, Lice Infestations, and Communicable Disease Control
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Relation:: The Conquest of Typhus, 1944
Language:: English
Legacy Source Citation:: Periodical. Kaempffert, Waldemar. "Science in Review: DDT, the Army's Insect Powder, Strikes a Blow Against Typhus and for Pest Control." New York Times, IV (4 June 1944): 9. Article. 1 Image.. New York Times
Legacy ID:: VVBBLN
NLM ID:: 101584650X179
Profiles Collection:: The Fred L. Soper Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584650X179
Story Section:: World War II: Typhus Fever and Malaria in the Mediterranean