Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.
Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.
Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
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N615.902/74
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxiv, 356 p. ; 24 cm.
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 f...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"Phil Brown argues that organized social movements are crucial in recognizing and acting to combat environmental diseases. His book draws on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, environmental health science, and social movement studies to show how citizen-science alliances have fought to overturn dominant epidemiological para...
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Toxic exposures : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N615.902/74
Record Identifier
74VKRroqxBx3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRroqxBx3
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ISBN
9780231129480 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
615.902
MMS ID
991023167569702626
