Hyping health risks : environmental hazards in daily life and the science of epidemiology / Geoffrey C. Kabat.
Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.Description: xvi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780231141482 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0231141483 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780231511964 (e-book)
- 0231511965 (e-book)
- 615.9/02 22
- RA566.27 .K33 2008
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"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-238) and index.
Introduction : 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.