Toxic exposures contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.
| Author/creator | Brown, Phil |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, |
| Description | xxxiv, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
| 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2006034124 |
| ISBN | 9780231129480 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0231129483 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780231503259 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0231503253 (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |