عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
RA566.27 .G65 2002eb
RA566
.
27
.
G65
2002eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0195139941
(Number (ISBN
0195186214
(Number (ISBN
0198032056
(Number (ISBN
1280481315
(Number (ISBN
9780195139945
(Number (ISBN
9780195186215
(Number (ISBN
9780198032052
(Number (ISBN
9781280481314
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b782302
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
How much risk? :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a guide to understanding environmental health hazards /
First Statement of Responsibility
Inge F. Goldstein, Martin Goldstein.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2002.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xii, 338 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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 factors and asthma, pesticides and breast cancer and leukaemia clusters around nuclear plants are discussed and how scientists assess these risks is illuminated. This book will enable readers to better understand environmental health issues and with the proper scientific understanding, make informed, rational decisions about them.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
How much risk?.
International Standard Book Number
0195139941
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Environmental health.
Risk assessment.
Environmental Pollutants-- adverse effects.
Risk Assessment.
Évaluation du risque.
Hygiène du milieu.
Environmental health.
MEDICAL-- Toxicology.
Risk assessment.
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
MBN
MED-- 096000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
615
.
9/02
Edition
21
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
RA566
.
27
Book number
.
G65
2002eb
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
2002
C-989
Class number
WA
671
Book Number
G624h
2002
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Goldstein, Inge F.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Goldstein, Martin,1919-2014.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201206205159.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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