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Risk and responsibility / William Leiss and Christina Chociolko.
- Title
- Risk and responsibility / William Leiss and Christina Chociolko.
- Author
- Leiss, William, 1939-
- Publication
- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HM 256 .L45x 1994 | Off-site | |
| Text | Request in advance | HM256 .L45x 1994 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Chociolko, Christina, 1958-
- Description
- xvi, 405 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- ELF electromagnetic fields > Health aspects
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Electromagnetic fields > Health aspects
- Environmental Exposure
- Environmental risk assessment
- Environmental risk assessment > Canada > Case studies
- Health Status Indicators
- Health risk assessment
- Health risk assessment > Canada > Case studies
- Risk
- Risk > Canada > Sociological aspects
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Management
- Risk perception > Canada
- Social Responsibility
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-397) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: The Trouble with Risk -- pt. 1. The Roots of Disagreement. 2. Managing Risks. 3. Apportioning Responsibility -- pt. 2. Obstacles to Consensus: Two Seemingly Intractable Controversies. 4. Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields. Part One: Expert Assessment. 5. Power Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields. Part Two: A Public Controversy. 6. Alar, or Who Benefits? -- pt. 3. Towards Consensus. 7. Stakeholder Negotiation. 8. Antisapstain Chemicals. 9. Useful Lessons -- Appendix 1: PF E/MF and Human Health: Basic Concepts -- Appendix 2: Antisapstain Chemicals -- Stakeholder Negotiation Documents.
- ISBN
- 0773511776 (bound)
- 0773511946 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- cn^94900249^
- OCLC
- 30076798
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library