How much risk? : a guide to understanding environmental health hazards / Inge F. Goldstein, Martin Goldstein.

  • Goldstein, Inge F.
Date:
2002
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Publication/Creation

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Physical description

xii, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-324) and index.

Contents

Introduction: what we hope to do -- Atomic bombs, nuclear fallout, and dental x-rays -- Radon in your basement -- Childhood leukemia near nuclear plants -- Breast cancer part 1: the rise of activism and the pesticide hypothesis -- Breast cancer part 2: testing the pesticide hypothesis -- Power lines, magnetic fields, and cancer -- Cancer from the landfill? -- Asthma, allergy, and air pollution -- Summary: lessons from a disaster.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA671 2002G62h
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ISBN

  • 0195139941