TY - BOOK AU - Kabat,Geoffrey C. TI - Getting risk right: understanding the science of elusive health risks SN - 9780231166461 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - RA776.5 .K33 2017 U1 - 613 23 PY - 2017///] CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Attitude to Health KW - Risk Assessment KW - Negativism KW - Risk Factors KW - Environmental Exposure KW - adverse effects KW - Health Education KW - methods N1 - 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 ER -