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The relation of plants to public health

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In addition to furnishing clothing, food and shelter—the basic necessities of life—plants, in their utilization by man, have also furnished problems of public health in their production of alcohol, narcotics, allergies, poisons and specific human diseases.

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Penfound, W.T. The relation of plants to public health. Econ Bot 7, 182–187 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02863062

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