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Hyping health risks : environmental hazards in daily life and the science of epidemiology / Geoffrey C. Kabat.

By: Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.Description: xvi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231141482 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0231141483 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780231511964 (e-book)
  • 0231511965 (e-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.9/02 22
LOC classification:
  • RA566.27 .K33 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks RA566.27 .K33 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001114502

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.

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.

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