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Main Title Risk : a practical guide for deciding what's really safe and what's dangerous in the world around you /
Author Ropeik, David.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Gray, George
Publisher Houghton Mifflin,
Year Published 2002
OCLC Number 50124858
ISBN 0618143726; 9780618143726
Subjects Risk assessment ; Environmental risk assessment ; Health risk assessment ; Alltag ; Risiko ; Environmental Exposure--adverse effects ; Accidents ; Reference Values ; Risk Reduction Behavior ; Environmental Exposure--adverse effects--Popular Works ; Risk Assessment--Popular Works ; Accidents--Popular Works ; Reference Values--Popular Works ; Risk Reduction Behavior--Popular Works
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Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
Checkout
Status
EHAM  T174.5.R66 2002 Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 09/19/2003
EKBM  T174.5.R66 2002 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 03/24/2006 STATUS
EKCM  T174.5.R66 2002 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 05/18/2007
ELAM  T174.5.R66 2002 Region 5 Library/Chicago,IL 12/23/2019
ELBM  T174.5.R66 2002 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 09/03/2013
Collation 485 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes HOME, TRANSPORTATION, WORK -- Accidents -- Air Bags -- Alcohol -- Artificial Sweeteners -- Bad Backs, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and Other Repetitive Task Injuries -- Caffeine -- Cellular Telephones and Driving -- Cellular Telephones and Radiation -- Electrical and Magnetic Fields -- Firearms -- Foodborne Illness -- Food Irradiation -- Genetically Modified Food -- Mad Cow Disease -- Microwave Ovens -- Motor Vehicles -- School Buses -- Tobacco -- THE ENVIRONMENT -- Air Pollution (Indoor) -- Air Pollution (Outdoor) -- Asbestos -- Biological Weapons -- Carbon Monoxide -- DDT -- Diesel Emissions -- Environmental Hormones -- Hazardous Waste -- Incinerators -- Lead -- Mercury -- Nuclear Power -- Ozone Depletion -- Pesticides -- Radiation -- Radon -- Solar Radiation -- Water Pollution -- MEDICINE -- Antibiotic Resistance -- Breast Implants -- Cancer -- Heart Disease -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Mammography -- Medical Errors -- Overweight and Obesity -- Sexually Transmitted Disease -- Vaccines -- X Rays -- Various Annual and Lifetime Risks -- The Risk Meters. Two experts from the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis explain how to assess everyday health hazards, with tips on evaluating warnings and data in order to make informed decisions about risks.
Place Published Boston
PUB Date Free Form ©2002
BIB Level m
Medium unmediated
Content text
Carrier volume
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
LCCN 2002075934
Merged OCLC records 631934265
OCLC Time Stamp 20191218071208
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type CAT
OCLC Rec Leader 03964cam 2200721 a 45010