contested illnesses and the environmental health movement Brown, Phil. creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu New York Columbia University Press c2007 2007 monographic eng

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xxxiv, 356 p. : ill. 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. Phil Brown. Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-337) and index. 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 RB152.5 .B76 2007eb 615.9/02 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10419602 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10419602 CaPaEBR 061016 ebr10419602