Hyping health risks : environmental hazards in daily life and the science of epidemiology / Geoffrey C. Kabat.
2008
615.902 K11h 2008
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Title
Hyping health risks : environmental hazards in daily life and the science of epidemiology / Geoffrey C. Kabat.
Author
ISBN
9780231141482 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231141483 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231511964 (e-book)
0231511965 (e-book)
0231141483 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231511964 (e-book)
0231511965 (e-book)
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
615.902 K11h 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)202541380
(OCoLC)202541380
(OCoLC)202541380
Note
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction : toward a sociology of health hazards in daily life
Epidemiology : its uses, strengths, and limitations
Does the environment cause breast cancer?
Electromagnetic fields : the rise and fall of a "pervasive threat"
The science and politics of residential radon
The controversy over passive smoking : a casualty of the "tobacco wars"
Conclusion.
Epidemiology : its uses, strengths, and limitations
Does the environment cause breast cancer?
Electromagnetic fields : the rise and fall of a "pervasive threat"
The science and politics of residential radon
The controversy over passive smoking : a casualty of the "tobacco wars"
Conclusion.
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