| OCLC No. |
73927166 |
| ISBN |
9780231129480 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0231129483 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780231503259 (ebook) |
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0231503253 (ebook) |
| Description |
xxxiv, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-337) and index. |
| Table of Contents |
Foreword / by Lois Gibbs -- Preface : toxic exposures and the challenge of environmental health -- 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" versus 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. |
| Subject |
Environmentally induced diseases.
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Asthma -- Etiology.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Etiology.
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Persian Gulf syndrome -- Etiology.
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