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Articles 1 - 12 of 12
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Variation In Environmental Risk Perceptions And Information Sources Among Three Communities In El Paso, Theresa L. Byrd, James Vanderslice, Susan K. Peterson
Variation In Environmental Risk Perceptions And Information Sources Among Three Communities In El Paso, Theresa L. Byrd, James Vanderslice, Susan K. Peterson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors report the results of a pilot study of environmental risk and sources of environmental information in three socio-economically and culturally distinct communities in Texas.
Book Review Of Global Aids Policy (Douglas A. Feldman, Ed.; Bergin & Garvey 1994), Devin Morgan
Book Review Of Global Aids Policy (Douglas A. Feldman, Ed.; Bergin & Garvey 1994), Devin Morgan
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book Global AIDS Policy (Douglas A. Feldman, ed.; Bergin & Garvey 1994). About the editor and contributors, index, introduction, preface, references. LC 94-2850; ISBN 0-89789-412-YK [250 pp. $18.95 paper; $65.00 cloth. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.]
An Administrative View Of Model Uncertainty In Public Health, Clark D. Carrington
An Administrative View Of Model Uncertainty In Public Health, Clark D. Carrington
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Carrington reviews several ways to deal with model uncertainty, including those failing to acknowledge any use of models. He then evaluates six such methods with regard to, e.g., transparency and cost of execution.
Anthropogenic Electromagnetic Fields And Cancer: A Perspective, Charles Tomljanovic, Maxine Wright-Walters, Jules Stephensky
Anthropogenic Electromagnetic Fields And Cancer: A Perspective, Charles Tomljanovic, Maxine Wright-Walters, Jules Stephensky
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
The authors review findings of a recent National Research Council report and conclude that, e.g., until a cancer promotion model can be identified for effective testing, the EMF issue will remain open to debate.
Book Review Of David Lester, Making Sense Of Suicide: An In-Depth Look At Why People Kill Themselves (The Charles Press 1997), Paula J. Reinhard
Book Review Of David Lester, Making Sense Of Suicide: An In-Depth Look At Why People Kill Themselves (The Charles Press 1997), Paula J. Reinhard
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book David Lester, Making Sense of Suicide: An In-depth Look at Why People Kill Themselves (The Charles Press 1997). Preface, bibliographical references, index. ISBN 0-914783-82-3. [208 pp. Paper $22.95. P.O. Box 15715, Philadelphia, PA 19103.]
Book Review Of Alla Yaroshinskaya, Chernobyl: The Forbidden Truth, John M. Gleason
Book Review Of Alla Yaroshinskaya, Chernobyl: The Forbidden Truth, John M. Gleason
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the book: Alla Yaroshinskaya, Chernobyl: The Forbidden Truth (Michele Kahn & Julia Sallabank, trans. University of Nebraska Press 1995). Introduction, foreword, list of illustrations, photographs. ISBN 0-8032-4912-8. [136 pp. Cloth $25.00; Paper $10.00. 312 N. 14th Street, Lincoln NE 68588-0484.]
Vaccine Risk Communication: Lessons From Risk Perception, Decision Making And Environmental Risk Communication Research, Ann Bostrom
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Dr. Bostrom reviews the rich variety of empirical findings available to guide risk communication and demonstrates how it can contribute to vaccine risk and safety communication.
Aids News As Risk Communication, Admassu Tassew
Aids News As Risk Communication, Admassu Tassew
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Reports on a study of AIDS prevention stories in four prestige dailies, two in Europe and two in Africa, over an eight-year period.
Book Review Of Families, Physicians And Children With Special Health Needs (Rosalyn Benjamin Darling & Margo I. Peter, Eds.), Annalee Abelson
Book Review Of Families, Physicians And Children With Special Health Needs (Rosalyn Benjamin Darling & Margo I. Peter, Eds.), Annalee Abelson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of Families, Physicians, and Children with Special Health Needs (Rosalyn Benjamin Darling & Margo I. Peter, eds., Auburn House 1994) About the authors and contributors, foreword, index, preface, resource list. ISBN 0-86569- 226-2. [206 pp. Cloth $49.95. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.]
Book Review Of Baruch A. Brody, Ethical Issues In Drug Testing, Approval, And Pricing, Annalee Abelson
Book Review Of Baruch A. Brody, Ethical Issues In Drug Testing, Approval, And Pricing, Annalee Abelson
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of Baruch A. Brody, Ethical Issues in Drug Testing, Approval, and Pricing (Oxford University Press 1995). Conclusions, index, introduction, preface. LC 94-4479; ISBN 0-19-508831-X. [268 pp. Cloth $35.00. 200 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016.]
Book Review Of Michael D. Green, Bendectin And Birth Defects: The Challenges Of Mass Toxic Substance Litigation, Stefan Oglevee
Book Review Of Michael D. Green, Bendectin And Birth Defects: The Challenges Of Mass Toxic Substance Litigation, Stefan Oglevee
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of Michael D. Green, Bendectin and Birth Defects: The Challenges of Mass Toxic Substances Litigation (University of Pennsylvania Press 1996). Acknowledgements, index, preface, selected bibliography. LC 95-42306; ISBN 0-8122-3257-7 [368 pp. $29.95 Cloth. 1300 Blockley Hall, 418 Service Drive, Philadelphia PA 19104-6097.]
Book Review Of Clovis E. Semmes, Racism, Health, And Post-Industrialism: A Theory Of African-American Health, Jerry Haynes
Book Review Of Clovis E. Semmes, Racism, Health, And Post-Industrialism: A Theory Of African-American Health, Jerry Haynes
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of Clovis E. Semmes, Racism, Health, and Post-Industrialism: A Theory of African-American Health (Praeger Publishers 1996). About the author, acknowledgements, index, introduction, selected bibliography. LC-95-34440; ISBN 0-275-95428-5 [178 pp. Cloth $59.95, paper $18.95. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881.]