LEADER 03086nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910455376703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03787-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674037878 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787135 035 $a(EBL)3300288 035 $a(OCoLC)923110355 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238670 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924903 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238670 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234327 035 $a(PQKB)11038518 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300288 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300288 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10314300 035 $a(DE-B1597)574449 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674037878 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787135 100 $a19950307d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRisk versus risk$b[electronic resource] $etradeoffs in protecting health and the environment /$fedited John D. Graham and Jonathan Baert Wiener 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (352 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-77304-7 311 $a0-674-77307-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-317) and indexes. 327 $aContents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Confronting Risk Tradeoffs; 2 Estrogen Therapy for Menopause; 3 Clozapine Therapy for Schizophrenia; 4 Licensing the Elderly Driver; 5 Saving Gasoline and Lives; 6 Eating Fish; 7 Seeking Safe Drinking Water; 8 Recycling Lead; 9 Regulating Pesticides; 10 Protecting the Global Environment; 11 Resolving Risk Tradeoffs; References; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index 330 $aWe see the stories in the newspaper nearly every day: a drug hailed as a breakthrough treatment turns out to cause harmful side effects; controls implemented to reduce air pollution are shown to generate hazardous solid waste; bans on dangerous chemicals result in the introduction of even more risky substitutes. Could our efforts to protect our health and the environment actually be making things worse? In Risk versus Risk, John D. Graham, Jonathan Baert Wiener, and their colleagues at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis marshal an impressive set of case studies which demonstrate that all too often our nation's campaign to reduce risks to our health and the environment is at war with itself. 606 $aHealth risk assessment 606 $aHealth behavior$xDecision making 606 $aEnvironmental health$xDecision making 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHealth risk assessment. 615 0$aHealth behavior$xDecision making. 615 0$aEnvironmental health$xDecision making. 676 $a362.1/042 701 $aGraham$b John D$g(John David),$f1956-$0935295 701 $aWiener$b Jonathan Baert$f1962-$0978592 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455376703321 996 $aRisk versus risk$92230465 997 $aUNINA