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True warnings and false alarms : evaluating fears about the health risks of technology, 1948-1971 / Allan Mazur.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mazur, Allan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health risk assessment--History--20th century.
- Health risk assessment.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Resources for the Future, [2004]
- Contents:
- True warnings and false alarms
- Technology as friend and sometime foe: 1900-1947
- Lawless's era: 1948-1971
- Why experts in technical controversies disagree
- Evaluating the lawless warnings: true or false?
- Coding the cases
- Hallmarks of true and false alarms
- Hindsight and foresight.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1891853554
- 1891853562
- OCLC:
- 52430782
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