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000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
01222 am a22002654504500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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1004745 |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20150527235931.0 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780330533447 (pbk.) : |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0330533444 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780330533447 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
Senior S |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Skloot, Rebecca |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Rebecca Skloot. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
London |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Pan |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2011 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
384 p. ; 20 cm. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 - Health |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Cancer - Patients - Virginia - Biography |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American women - Virginia - Biography |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human experimentation in medicine - United States - History - 20th century |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
HeLa cells |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Medical ethics - United States - History - 20th century |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
BIOGRAPHY |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
General note |
Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells became one of the most important tools in medicine. Rebecca Skloot takes the reader on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story. |