Cancer wars : how politics shapes what we know and don't know about cancer / Robert N. Proctor.
Cancer wars : how politics shapes what we know and don't know about cancer / Robert N. Proctor.
Cancer wars : how politics shapes what we know and don't know about cancer / Robert N. Proctor.
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New York : BasicBooks, c1995.
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N616.994/64
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English
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viii, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: What Do We Know? -- 1. A Disease of Civilization? The Question of Trends. The Question of Causes -- 2. The Environmentalist Thesis. Wilhelm C. Hueper: A Hero Hounded. Rachel Carson: Protecting the Web of Life -- 3. The Percentages Game. Samuel S. Epstein and the Politics of Cancer. Jos...
Body Victimology, Body Machismo, and Regulatory Prudence -- 8. Nuclear Nemesis. Edison's Assistant. The Radium-Dial Painters. The Shadow of the Bomb. Uranium Mines. Uranium-Mine Concentration Camps -- 9. Radon's Deadly Daughters. The Tailings Problem. The Household Hazard. The Watras Family. Public...
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New York : BasicBooks, c1995.
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New York (State)
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c1995.
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Cancer wars : how politics shapes what we know and don't know about cancer / Robert N. Proctor.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [328]-340) and index.
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c1995.
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N616.994/64
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0465008593 (pbk.)
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616.994
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