50 health scares that fizzled / Joan R. Callahan.

Killer bees. The measles vaccine. Three Mile Island. Artificial sweeteners. The swine flu. All of these health risks and news stories took us by surprise, caused great alarm, and created controversyÑuntil they quietly dropped off our collective radar screens and we forgot about them. What were the r...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Callahan, Joan R.
Other title:	Fifty health scares that fizzled.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, ©2011.
Subjects:	Medical misconceptions. Health risk assessment.