Environmental Cancer-- a Political Disease?
- ISBN-10
- 0300076347
- ISBN-13
- 9780300076349
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 235
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Authors
- S. Robert Lichter, Stanley Rothman
Description
An examination of the controversies surrounding environmental cancer. The authors draw on surveys by cancer researchers and environmental activists to reveal differences between the two groups' viewpoints. They examine these opposing views and document how they are reflected in the media.
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