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UNINA9910777893803321 |
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Titolo |
Risk, culture, and health inequality [[electronic resource] ] : shifting perceptions of danger and blame / / edited by Barbara Herr Harthorn and Laury Oaks ; foreword by Dorothy Nelkin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Westport, CT, : Praeger, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-42726-1 |
9786612427268 |
0-313-03920-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HarthornBarbara Herr <1951-> |
OaksLaury <1967-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Health risk assessment |
Equality - Health aspects |
Public health - Social aspects |
Applied anthropology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Harthorn_00_FM; Harthorn_01; Harthorn_02; Harthorn_03; Harthorn_04; Harthorn_05; Harthorn_06; Harthorn_07; Harthorn_08; Harthorn_09; Harthorn_10; Harthorn_11_idx; Harthorn_12_About |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores the way risk, as it is socially and culturally constructed, both produces and makes more visible health inequalities. In particular, the chapters ask how individual and collective social actors assess and define health risk in public, biomedical, economic, and political arenas. |
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