How much risk? : a guide to understanding environmental health hazards
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Goldstein, Inge F.
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Goldstein, Martin, 1919-2014.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Environmental health.
Risk assessment.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Environmental health
Risk assessment
Other Subjects
Environmental Health
Environmental health
Environmental Pollutants -- adverse effects
Hygiène du milieu.
Risk Assessment
Risk assessment
risk assessment.
Évaluation du risque.

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Book
Physical Desc
xii, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-324) and index.
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"How Much Risk? illustrates how scientists investigate controversial issues such as high rates of breast cancer attributed to pesticides, cancer clusters near toxic waste dumps and nuclear plants, and the recent worldwide increase in asthma. It explains in lay language the technical terms often appearing in news stories or government reports, such as statistical significance, ionizing radiation, and biological markers. It also describes how scientists distinguish a real cluster of disease from a chance event, the interaction of genetic predisposition and environment in disease, and how radiation can cause some types of cancer."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Goldstein, I. F., & Goldstein, M. (2002). How much risk?: a guide to understanding environmental health hazards . Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Goldstein, Inge F and Martin Goldstein. 2002. How Much Risk?: A Guide to Understanding Environmental Health Hazards. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Goldstein, Inge F and Martin Goldstein. How Much Risk?: A Guide to Understanding Environmental Health Hazards Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Goldstein, I. F. and Goldstein, M. (2002). How much risk?: a guide to understanding environmental health hazards. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Goldstein, Inge F., and Martin Goldstein. How Much Risk?: A Guide to Understanding Environmental Health Hazards Oxford University Press, 2002.

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