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American Public Health Association. Laboratory Section
A specialist body within the American Public Health Association, this Laboratory Section helped shape early public-health testing standards in the United States. It is best remembered today for work linked to laboratory methods for water, sewage, milk, air, and hygiene.
1 Audiobook
Standard methods for the examination of water and sewage
by American Public Health Association. Laboratory Section, American Chemical Society, Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (U.S.)
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The American Public Health Association is a long-running U.S. public health organization founded in 1872, and its Laboratory Section appears in historical records as one of the association's specialized sections. Listings in library and book catalogs connect the section with early technical and reference works used by public-health and laboratory professionals.
Project Gutenberg and other catalog records credit the Laboratory Section as an author or contributing body for Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Sewage. Related library records also show the section tied to the American Journal of Public Hygiene and other practical public-health publications, suggesting a strong role in developing and sharing laboratory guidance during the early 20th century.
Because this is an organizational author rather than an individual person, there does not appear to be a single official portrait associated with it. In an audiobook context, it makes sense to present the Laboratory Section as a historical professional group whose publications helped standardize public-health laboratory practice.