Hyping health risks : environmental hazards in daily life and the science of epidemiology /

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The media constantly bombard us with news of health hazards lurking in our everyday lives, but many of these hazards turn out to have been greatly overblown. According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless aanxiety and confus...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kabat, Geoffrey C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Health risk assessment > Social aspects > United States.
Epidemiology.
Environmental health.
Epidemiology
Risques pour la santé > Évaluation > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Épidémiologie.
MEDICAL > Toxicology.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Health risk assessment > Social aspects.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction: Toward a Sociology of Health Hazards in Daily Life
  • 2. Epidemiology: Its Uses, Strengths, and Limitations
  • 3. Does The Environment Cause Breast Cancer?
  • 4. Electromagnetic Fields: The Rise and Fall of a 8220;Pervasive Threat8221;
  • 5. The Science And Politics Of Residential Radon
  • 6. The Controversy Overpassive Smoking: A Casualty of the 8220;Tobacco Wars8221;
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix A: List of Interviews
  • Appendix B: How Findings Can Be Reported in a Way That Puts Them in Perspective
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Credits
  • Index.

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