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| Type d’ouvrage : | Ressource Internet |
|---|---|
| Format : | Livre, Ressource Internet |
| Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : |
Phil Brown |
| ISBN : | 9780231129480 0231129483 9780231503259 0231503253 |
| Numéro OCLC : | 73927166 |
| Description : | xxxiv, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contenu : | Foreword / Lois Gibbs -- Preface : Toxic exposures and the challenge of environmental health -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Citizen-science alliances and health social movements : contested illnesses and challenges to the dominant epidemiological paradigm -- 2. Breast cancer : a powerful movement and a struggle for science -- 3. Asthma, environmental factors, and environmental justice -- 4. Gulf War-related illnesses and the hunt for causation : the "stress of war" versus the "dirty battlefield" -- 5. Similarities and differences among asthma, breast cancer, and Gulf War illnesses -- 6. The new precautionary approach : a public paradigm in progress -- 7. Implications of the contested illnesses perspective -- 8. Conclusion : the growing environmental health movement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Responsabilité : | Phil Brown. |
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Environmental activists, wannabe activists, and folks tired of environmental hazards in their communities will find this a worthwhile guide for action. Library Journal 6/15/07 Toxic Exposures does shed light on the intersection of health research, advocacy and policy-making. -- Paul D. Blanc Nature 8/1/07 Timely and important. -- Peder Anker Science 10/05/07 A guidebook for those wishing to understand the environmental-health movement. -- Sandra Steingraber Times Literary Supplement 02/01/08 Toxic Exposures is one of the most important books I have read in a long time. -- David Naguib Pellow Mobilization Volume 12, Issue 1 The chapter on breast cancer is reason enough to read this book. -- Jill Chapin Breast Cancer Action Newsletter 10/1/07 [ Toxic Exposures] rightfully belongs on the shelf next to other books on contemporary issues in medicine. -- Russ Lopez Journal of the American Medical Association 1/21/09 Not just another addition to environmental justice studies but provides substantial contributions to the foundations of environmental justice research. Nature and Culture Summer 2009 Lire la suite...
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- Environmentally induced diseases.
- Asthma -- Etiology.
- Breast -- Cancer -- Etiology.
- Persian Gulf syndrome -- Etiology.
- Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects.
- Asthma -- etiology.
- Breast Neoplasms -- etiology.
- Environmental Health -- trends.
- Persian Gulf Syndrome -- etiology.
- Public Policy.
- Maladies de l'environnement.
- Asthme -- Étiologie.
- Sein -- Cancer -- Étiologie.
- Syndrome de la guerre du Golfe -- Étiologie.
- Golfkrieg-Syndrom.
- Umweltkrankheit.
- Kontroverse.
- Umweltbelastung.
- Gesundheitsgefährdung.
- Bürgerrechtsbewegung.
- Einflussnahme.
- Brustkrebs.
- Bronchialasthma.
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de jgs mise à jour 2007-08-22