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RECORD NUMBER: 41 OF 44| Main Title | Toxic risks : science, regulation, and perception / | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Gots, Ronald E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Lewis Publishers, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 26132332 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0873715101; 9780873715102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Environmental health ; Toxicology ; Health risk assessment ; Pollutants ; Environmental Pollutants ; Risk Factors ; Health Status Indicators ; Milieutoxicologie ; Risicoanalyse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Toxic fears: a case study -- Science and the pursuit of biological truths -- Scientific method -- Principles of toxicology -- Selected applications of science to environmental toxicology -- Early days of environmental concerns -- Cancer as the catalyst: scientists, the media and zealotry -- Environmental chemicals: common perceptions versus scientific knowledge -- Rise of toxin-related regulation -- Quantitative risk assessment: an attempt to link science to cancer policy -- Litigation -- Dioxins and agent orange -- "Sick buildings" -- Asbestos -- Lead -- Agricultural chemicals and cancer: the case of alar -- Balance between risk and reason. |