The healthy skeptic cutting through the hype about your health / Robert J. Davis.
| Author/creator | Davis, Robert J., 1963- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, |
| Description | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : health sellers -- Says who? how we know what (we think) we know -- The news media : eat this! -- Diet books : don't eat that! -- Advertisements : take a supplement! -- Government campaigns : watch your cholesterol! -- Celebrities : get tested! -- Health groups : wear sunscreen! -- Consumer activists : beware of chemicals! -- Anti-aging doctors : don't get sick, don't get old, don't die! -- Guaranteed! over-promising on prevention. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-230) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: The healthy skeptic Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. 9780520249189 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021696833 |
| ISBN | 9780520933231 ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |