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Getting Risk Right : Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231542852
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Getting Risk RightDDC classification:
  • 613
LOC classification:
  • RA440.K333 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Why Do Things That Are Unlikely to Harm Us Get the Most Attention? -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. The Illusion of Validity and the Power of "Negative Thinking" -- 2. Splendors and Miseries of Associations -- 3. When Risk Goes Viral: Biases and Bandwagons -- 4. Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Cancer? A Tale of Two Sciences -- 5. Hormonal Confusion: The Contested Science of Endocrine Disruption -- 6. Deadly Remedy: A Mysterious Disease, a Medicinal Herb, and the Recognition of a Worldwide Public Health Threat -- 7. HPV, Cancer, and Beyond: The Anatomy of a Triumph -- Conclusion -- Appendix: List of Interviews -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: An incisive look at some of today's most contested health risks-both real and illusory.
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface: Why Do Things That Are Unlikely to Harm Us Get the Most Attention? -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. The Illusion of Validity and the Power of "Negative Thinking" -- 2. Splendors and Miseries of Associations -- 3. When Risk Goes Viral: Biases and Bandwagons -- 4. Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Cancer? A Tale of Two Sciences -- 5. Hormonal Confusion: The Contested Science of Endocrine Disruption -- 6. Deadly Remedy: A Mysterious Disease, a Medicinal Herb, and the Recognition of a Worldwide Public Health Threat -- 7. HPV, Cancer, and Beyond: The Anatomy of a Triumph -- Conclusion -- Appendix: List of Interviews -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

An incisive look at some of today's most contested health risks-both real and illusory.

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