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RECORD NUMBER: 2816 OF 2904Main Title | Truth about where you live : an atlas for action on toxins and mortality / | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Author | Goldman, Benjamin A. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher | Times Books/Random House, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year Published | 1991 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 23254976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN | 0812918983 (pbk.) : | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Environmental health--United States ; Diseases--United States--Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collation | xiv, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. {363}-399) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Chpt. 1. Overview: reading the maps; the lay of the land.--Chpt. 2. An atlas for action: Untangling the web; patterned clues; stacking the odds; chasing cures; information everywhere; organizing prevention.--Chpt. 3. Mortality: all diseases; heart diseases; infant diseases; birth defects; all cancers; lung cancers; breat cancers; child cancers; acutely hazardous exposures; young-adult infectious diseases.--Chpt. 4. Industrial toxins: Industrial air emissions; industrial water discharges; hazardous wastes; workplace toxins.--Chpt. 5. Nonindustrial pollution: pesticides; water quality; air quality.--Chpt. 6. Environmental justice: demographics; socioeconomics; education; health services.--Methods: Map design; mortality measures; industrial toxins measures; nonindustrial pollution measures; social structure measures; data sources.--Resources: national government and industry organizations; national environmental and public interest organizations; state agencies; grass-roos organizations; periodicals. |