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September 1954 (Volume 32)
Quarterly Article
J. K. Shafer
Lida J. Usilton
Geraldine A. Gleeson
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This article was published as part of the US Public Health Service Study of Untreated Syphilis in Tuskegee and Macon County, Alabama. From 1935 until 1973, the Milbank Memorial Fund paid for services associated with the burials of men who died in the course of the unethical and racist study. Please see more on our acknowledgement and apology for our role in the study in our Racial Equity Statement of Purpose.
Author(s): J. K. Shafer; Lida J. Usilton; Geraldine A. Gleeson
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Volume 32, Issue 3 (pages 262–274) Published in 1954
