True warnings and false alarms
Subtitle: evaluating fears about the health risks of technology, 1948-1971
By: Allan Mazur
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Health risk assessment -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-179) and index
Table of contents: title: True warnings and false alarms; title: Technology as friend and sometime foe: 1900-1947; title: Lawless's era: 1948-1971; title: Why experts in technical controversies disagree; title: Evaluating the lawless warnings: true or false?; title: Coding the cases; title: Hallmarks of true and false alarms; title: Hindsight and foresight