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How much risk? : a guide to understanding environmental health hazards /
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 facto...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.