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Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.

By: Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.Description: xxxiv, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780231129480 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0231129483 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780231503259 (ebook)
  • 0231503253 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 615.9/02 22
LOC classification:
  • RB152.5 .B76 2007
NLM classification:
  • 2007 H-583
  • WA 30.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Citizen-science alliances and health social movements: contested illnesses and challenges to the dominant epidemiological paradigm -- Breast cancer: a powerful movement and a struggle for science -- Asthma, environmental factors, and environmental justice -- Gulf War-related illnesses and the hunt for causation: the "stress of war" vs. the "dirty battlefield" -- Similarities and differences among asthma, breast cancer, and Gulf War illnesses -- The new precautionary approach: a public paradigm in progress -- Implications of the contested illnesses perspective -- Conclusion: the growing environmental health movement.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks RB152.5 .B76 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001023869

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-337) and index.

Citizen-science alliances and health social movements: contested illnesses and challenges to the dominant epidemiological paradigm -- Breast cancer: a powerful movement and a struggle for science -- Asthma, environmental factors, and environmental justice -- Gulf War-related illnesses and the hunt for causation: the "stress of war" vs. the "dirty battlefield" -- Similarities and differences among asthma, breast cancer, and Gulf War illnesses -- The new precautionary approach: a public paradigm in progress -- Implications of the contested illnesses perspective -- Conclusion: the growing environmental health movement.

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