How much risk? : a guide to understanding environmental health hazards
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Inge F Goldstein; Martin Goldstein
- ناشر : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2002
- شابک / ISBN : 9780195139945
Description
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.