Getting risk right : understanding the science of elusive health risks /
Kabat, Geoffrey C.,
Getting risk right : understanding the science of elusive health risks / Geoffrey C. Kabat. - xxii, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The illusion of validity and the power of "negative thinking" -- Splendors and miseries of associations -- When risk goes viral : biases and bandwagons -- Do cell phones cause brain cancer? : a tale of two sciences -- Hormonal confusion: the contested science of endocrine disruption -- Deadly remedy : how a mysterious disease led to the recognition of a worldwide public health threat -- HPV, cancer, and beyond : the anatomy of a triumph.
9780231166461 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016008208
Attitude to Health
Risk Assessment
Negativism
Risk Factors
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects
Health Education--methods
RA776.5 / .K33 2017
613
W 85
Getting risk right : understanding the science of elusive health risks / Geoffrey C. Kabat. - xxii, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The illusion of validity and the power of "negative thinking" -- Splendors and miseries of associations -- When risk goes viral : biases and bandwagons -- Do cell phones cause brain cancer? : a tale of two sciences -- Hormonal confusion: the contested science of endocrine disruption -- Deadly remedy : how a mysterious disease led to the recognition of a worldwide public health threat -- HPV, cancer, and beyond : the anatomy of a triumph.
9780231166461 (cloth : alk. paper)
2016008208
Attitude to Health
Risk Assessment
Negativism
Risk Factors
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects
Health Education--methods
RA776.5 / .K33 2017
613
W 85