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" How much risk? : "
Inge F. Goldstein, Martin Goldstein.
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1027932
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Goldstein, Inge F.
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How much risk? : : a guide to understanding environmental health hazards /\ Inge F. Goldstein, Martin Goldstein.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2002.
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1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) :: illustrations, map
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0195139941
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: 9780195139945
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: 9780195186215
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: 9780198032052
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: 9781280481314
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) and index.
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| Contents
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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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An excellent critical analysis and scientific assessment of the nature and actual level of risk leading environmental health hazards pose to the public. Issues such as radiation from nuclear testing, radon in the home, and the connection between electromagnetic fields and cancer, environmental factors and asthma, pesticides and breast cancer and leukaemia clusters around nuclear plants are discussed and how scientists assess these risks is illuminated. This book will enable readers to better understand environmental health issues and with the proper scientific understanding, make informed, rational decisions about them.
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Environmental health.
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Risk assessment.
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Environmental Pollutants-- adverse effects.
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Risk Assessment.
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Évaluation du risque.
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Hygiène du milieu.
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Environmental health.
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MEDICAL-- Toxicology.
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Risk assessment.
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| Dewey Classification
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615.9/02
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RA566.27.G65 2002eb
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2002 C-989
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WA 671G624h 2002
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Goldstein, Martin,1919-2014.
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