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Phantom risk : scientific inference and the law

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<dc:creator>Foster, Kenneth R.</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Bernstein, David</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Health and Safety Executive</dc:creator>
<dc:date>1993</dc:date>
<dc:description xml:lang="es">Sumario: A scientific perspective -- A legal perspective -- Phantom (or not so phantom) risks (Weak magnetic fields: a cancer connection?. Spermicides and birth defects. Bendectin and the language of causation. Miscarriage and video display terminals: an update. The legal context) -- Just a little bit of poison (Environmental pollution and cancer. Asbestos. The human health effects of polychlorinated biphenyls. Trichloroethylene. Dioxin. The Three Mile Island nuclear accident and public health consequences. The fallout controversy. The Saga of Fernald. The legal context) -- Medical controversy (Trauma and cancer. Chemical pollutants and "multiple chemical sensitivities". Immunologic laboratory tests: a critique of the Alcolac Decision. The legal context) -- Conclusion: Phantom risk: a problem at the interface of science and the law</dc:description>
<dc:identifier>https://documentacion.fundacionmapfre.org/documentacion/publico/es/bib/11070.do</dc:identifier>
<dc:language>eng</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>The MIT Press</dc:publisher>
<dc:rights xml:lang="es">InC - http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/</dc:rights>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Riesgos</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Epidemiología</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Toxicología</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Higiene industrial</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Riesgo químico</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Riesgo atómico</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Responsabilidad civil</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Litigios</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xml:lang="es">Aspectos jurídicos</dc:subject>
<dc:type xml:lang="es">Books</dc:type>
<dc:title xml:lang="es">Phantom risk : scientific inference and the law</dc:title>
<dc:format xml:lang="es">X, 457 p. ; 24 cm</dc:format>
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