Kabat, Geoffrey C. <br/><br/>
Hyping health risks :  environmental hazards in daily life and the science of epidemiology / 
Geoffrey C. Kabat. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  c2008. 
 - xvi, 250 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231141482 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231141483 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231511964 (e-book) 0231511965 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008007285 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Health risk assessment--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Epidemiology.<br/>Environmental health.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA566.27  / .K33 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>615.9/02