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008 080221s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 _a2008007285
020 _a9780231141482
_c(cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a0231141483
_c(cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a9780231511964
_c(e-book)
020 _a0231511965
_c(e-book)
035 _a(OCoLC)202541380
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050 0 0 _aRA566.27
_b.K33 2008
082 _222
_a615.902
100 1 _aKabat, Geoffrey C
245 1 0 _aHyping health risks :
_benvironmental hazards in daily life and the science of epidemiology /
_cGeoffrey C. Kabat
260 _aNew York :
_bColumbia University Press,
_cc2008
300 _axvi, 250 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm
500 _a"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index
505 0 _aIntroduction: 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
600 _2health risks
650 0 _aHealth risk assessment
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
650 0 _aEpidemiology
650 0 _aEnvironmental health
942 _2ddc
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