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Getting risk right : understanding the science of elusive health risks / Geoffrey C. Kabat.

By: Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]Description: xxii, 248 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780231166461 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Getting risk rightDDC classification:
  • 613 23
LOC classification:
  • RA776.5 .K33 2017
NLM classification:
  • W 85
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks RA776.5 .K33 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001402220

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.

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