How much risk? : a guide to understanding environmental health hazards /
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=121461 |
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.