Title: D.E.S., the bitter pill /
Authors: Meyers, Robert.
Publisher: Seaview/Putnam,
Year: 1983
Subjects: Diethylstilbestrol Toxicology.; Diethylstilbestrol Side effects.; Fetus Effect of drugs on; Vagina Cancer.; Generative organs Abnormalities.; Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; Diethylstilbestrol adverse effects; Diethylstilbestrol history; Genitalia drug effects; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Contents: An American social phenomenon -- Three families -- Sir Edward Charles Dodds and the synthesis of DES -- DES arrives in the United States -- Conflicting reports showing that DES prevented miscarriages--or didn't -- Government approval and the marketing of DES -- Discovery of a rare form of vaginal cancer in some DES daughters -- Premature births -- Miscarriages and infertility -- DES sons -- Miscellaneous medical problems -- Personal impact and medical callousness -- Psychological tests and brain wave manipulation -- DES use as a "morning after" pill -- DES on the dinner table -- DES consumers' movement -- DES and the law -- The future -- Appendix.