Phantom risk : scientific inference and the law /

Other Authors: Bernstein, David E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=9349
Table of Contents:
  • Weak magnetic fields : a cancer connection? / Kenneth R. Foster
  • Spermicides and birth defects / James L. Mills
  • Bendectin and the language of causation / Louis Lasagna and Sheila R. Shulman
  • Miscarriage and video display terminals : an update / Kenneth R. Foster
  • Environmental pollution and cancer : some misconceptions / Bruce N. Ames and Lois Swirsky Gold
  • Asbestos : the hazard, the risk, and public policy / Ralph D'Agostino, Jr., and Richard Wilson
  • The human health effects of polychlorinated biphenyls / Renate D. Kimbrough
  • Trichloroethylene : toxicology and epidemiology : a critical review of the literature / Rudolph J. Jaeger and Arlene L. Weiss
  • Dioxin : perceptions, estimates, and measures / Michael Gough
  • The Three Mile Island nuclear accident and public health consequences / George K. Tokuhata.
  • The fallout controversy / Ralph E. Lapp
  • The saga of Fernald / Bernard L. Cohen
  • Trauma and cancer / Marvin M. Romsdahl
  • Chemical pollutants and "multiple chemical sensitivities" / Michael I. Luster, Gary J. Rosenthal, and Dori R. Germolec
  • Immunological laboratory tests : a critique of the Alcolac decision / Richard S. Cornfeld and Stuart F. Schlossman.