Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.
| Author/creator | Brown, Phil |
| Other author | ProQuest (Firm) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007. |
| Description | xxxiv, 356 pages : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Click to View |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Citizen-science alliances and health social movements: contested illnesses and challenges to the dominant epidemiological paradigm -- Breast cancer: a powerful movement and a struggle for science -- Asthma, environmental factors, and environmental justice -- Gulf War-related illnesses and the hunt for causation: the "stress of war" vs. the "dirty battlefield" -- Similarities and differences among asthma, breast cancer, and Gulf War illnesses -- The new precautionary approach: a public paradigm in progress -- Implications of the contested illnesses perspective -- Conclusion: the growing environmental health movement. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-337) and index. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006034124 |
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