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Corporate Authors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). David J. Sencer CDC Museum.
Description:
Since CDC’s beginnings as a scientific agency, innovation has been at its core, with CDC professionals inventing tools, procedures, and strategies to improve their own work and to assist other public health professionals. This portion of the exhibit highlights some of CDC’s most creative accomplishments of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
Content Notes:
Hot Labs -- “Don’t Worry:” Packing and Shipping Infectious Materials -- Layers of Protection -- Testing Methods -- On-A-Roll: NHANES – National Snapshots of the Health of Americans -- Just How Much? -- Decades of Data -- MMWR: The Scientific Voice of CDC -- Historic Ledgers -- Know Your Cholesterol: Cholesterol Standardization Program -- CDC’s Cholesterol Reference Method -- What Glows in the Dark: Fluorescent Antibodies -- Tools to Investigate Workplace Health Hazards -- Trapping Mosquitoes: CDC Light Trap -- New Responsibilities Bring New Challenges -- CDC Collaborates with NASA: Moon Mission Quarantine -- Enrichment Modules.
Subjects:
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CDC--history History, 20th Century Public Health
Series:
Story of CDC
Document Type:
Webpage
Name as Subject:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Communicable Disease Center (U.S.) Less -
Genre:
Exhibition
Collection(s):
David J. Sencer CDC Museum
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:c1d380f75836a4dbf8cc8fce6428079205d2970c211e76b51166ff438831c2c9
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105117/cdc_105117_DS1.pdf
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