Main Title |
Truth about where you live : an atlas for action on toxins and mortality / |
Author |
Goldman, Benjamin A.
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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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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
RA566.3.G65 1991 |
2 copies |
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
02/08/1992 |
EJEM NPCD |
RA566.3.G65 1991 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
08/10/2001 |
EJER EPCRA |
RA566.3.G65 1991 |
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OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC |
03/03/2009 |
EKBM |
RA566.3.G65 1991 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
05/31/2002 |
EOAR |
RA566.3.G65 1991 |
EJ |
Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
03/04/2009 |
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Edition |
1st ed. |
Collation |
xiv, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. {363}-399) and index. |
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. |
Place Published |
New York : |
PUB Date Free Form |
c1991. |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
LCCN |
90050676 |
Merged OCLC records |
27036539 |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20060418154623 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
CAT |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01197cam 2200361 a 45010 |