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Articles 1 - 13 of 13
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Public Reaction To Mandated Language For U.S. Drinking Water Quality Reports, Branden B. Johnson
Public Reaction To Mandated Language For U.S. Drinking Water Quality Reports, Branden B. Johnson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author discusses results of a survey evaluating the mandated language for United States drinking water quality reports.
Review Of: Preventing And Controlling Cancer In North America: A Cross- Cultural Perspective (Diane Weiner, Ed.), Hunter Yancey
Review Of: Preventing And Controlling Cancer In North America: A Cross- Cultural Perspective (Diane Weiner, Ed.), Hunter Yancey
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Preventing and Controlling Cancer in North America: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Diane Weiner, ed., Praeger Publishers 1999). Illustrations, Introduction, Concluding Remarks, Bibliography, Index, About the Contributors. ISBN 0-275-96180-X [245 pp. $72.50 Hardbound, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881.]
Judging The Risk Of Becoming Infected Through Sexual Encounters, Simeone Arnaud, Daniele Hermand, Etienne Mullet
Judging The Risk Of Becoming Infected Through Sexual Encounters, Simeone Arnaud, Daniele Hermand, Etienne Mullet
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors examine the manner in which people integrate pieces of information to assess the risk of becoming infected through sexual encounters.
Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Workplace Pollution: Nuclear Safety, Ethics, And The Exploitation--Avoidance Argument, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author reviews evidence of poor worker health and safety practices in United States Department of Energy nuclear facilities in contending that less protective standards for workplace hazards constitute an environmental injustice not rectified by a hazard pay premium.
Contrasting Treatments Of Recall Bias In Two Epidemiological Settings, Daniel Barry
Contrasting Treatments Of Recall Bias In Two Epidemiological Settings, Daniel Barry
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author contrasts the treatment of recall bias in the literature on induced abortions and breast cancer, and on environmental tobacco smoke and lung cancer.
Looking Back At Fluoridation, Allan Mazur
Looking Back At Fluoridation, Allan Mazur
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author reviews the 50-year history of the debate over fluoridating drinking water as a public health measure.
Attitudes Of Risk Management Professionals Toward Disclosure Of Medical Mistakes, Kathleen Ruroede
Attitudes Of Risk Management Professionals Toward Disclosure Of Medical Mistakes, Kathleen Ruroede
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author reports on health care organization risk managers' attitudes toward disclosure of medical mistakes.
Risk Communication, The Hanford Thyroid Disease Study And Draft Reports, Sharon M. Friedman
Risk Communication, The Hanford Thyroid Disease Study And Draft Reports, Sharon M. Friedman
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author reviews the release of the draft Hanford Thyroid Disease Study as a case study in risk communication problems arising from public disclosure of draft reports.
Over A Decade Of Comparative Risk Analysis: A Review Of The Human Health Rankings, David M. Konisky
Over A Decade Of Comparative Risk Analysis: A Review Of The Human Health Rankings, David M. Konisky
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author reviews a method for undertaking a cross-project comparison of comparative risk analyses to understand which environmental problem areas have been cited most as often posing the severest risks.
The Breast Implant Controversy: A Prism For Reform, Benson Yang
The Breast Implant Controversy: A Prism For Reform, Benson Yang
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The author argues that regulatory blunders and the litigation explosion pertaining to breast implants highlight defects in U.S. administrative and tort law systems.
Review Of: Dangerous Places: Health, Safety, And Archaeology (David A. Poirer & Kenneth L. Feder Eds.), Natalie Duval
Review Of: Dangerous Places: Health, Safety, And Archaeology (David A. Poirer & Kenneth L. Feder Eds.), Natalie Duval
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Dangerous Places: Health, Safety, and Archaeology (David A. Poirier& Kenneth L. Feder eds., Bergin & Garvey, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. 2001). Introduction, bibliographic references, index. ISBN0-89789-632-7 [264 pp. $65.00. Cloth, 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007.
Review Of: Health And Disease In Human History (Robert I. Rotberg Ed.), Terry Cromwell
Review Of: Health And Disease In Human History (Robert I. Rotberg Ed.), Terry Cromwell
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Health and Disease in Human History: A Journal of Interdisciplinary History Reader (Robert I. Rotberg ed., MIT Press 2000). ISBN 0- 262-18207-6 [345 pp. $25.00 Paper, 5 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02142].
Review Of: The Human Genome Project And Minority Communities - Ethical, Social, And Political Dilemmas (Raymond A. Zilinskas & Peter J. Balint Eds.), Craig Steven Jepson
Review Of: The Human Genome Project And Minority Communities - Ethical, Social, And Political Dilemmas (Raymond A. Zilinskas & Peter J. Balint Eds.), Craig Steven Jepson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: The Human Genome Project and Minority Communities -Ethical, Social, and Political Dilemmas (Raymond A. Zilinskas & Peter J. Balint eds., Praeger Publishers 2001). Preface, index, about the contributors. LC 00-032390; ISBN 0-275-96961-4 [160 pp. $54.50.Cloth, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881].