02162nam a22004094a 4500 ebr10419602 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 061016s2007 nyua sb 001 0 eng 2006034124 GBA720245 bnb 101289995 DNLM 013694111 Uk 9780231129480 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231129483 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231503259 (ebook) 0231503253 (ebook) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)680628364 RB152.5 .B76 2007eb 615.9/02 22 Brown, Phil. Toxic exposures [electronic resource] : contested illnesses and the environmental health movement / Phil Brown. New York : Columbia University Press, c2007. xxxiv, 356 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-337) and index. Citizen-science alliances and health social movements: contested illnesses and challenges to the dominant epidemiological paradigm -- Breast cancer: a powerful movement and a struggle for science -- Asthma, environmental factors, and environmental justice -- Gulf War-related illnesses and the hunt for causation: the "stress of war" vs. the "dirty battlefield" -- Similarities and differences among asthma, breast cancer, and Gulf War illnesses -- The new precautionary approach: a public paradigm in progress -- Implications of the contested illnesses perspective -- Conclusion: the growing environmental health movement. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Environmentally induced diseases. Asthma Etiology. Breast Cancer Etiology. Persian Gulf syndrome Etiology. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10419602 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 83911 83911