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J Epidemiol Community Health 2003;57:791 doi:10.1136/jech.57.10.791
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Alice Hamilton, MD: gaining visibility for industrial medicine

  1. D F Salerno1,
  2. I L Feitshans2
  1. 1Pfizer Global Research and Development, Ann Arbor Laboratories, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  2. 2Adjunct Faculty, Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Albany, NY, USA
  1. Correspondence to:
 Deborah F Salerno
 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA; deborah.salernopfizer.com

    27 February 1869–22 September 1970
 Country of birth: USA

    First and foremost, Alice Hamilton was an expert on lead. Inside factory walls, she won respect—from labour and management—as an effective agent of change, appealing to morality rather than profit. A pioneer in industrial …

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