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Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? Is the HPV vaccine safe? We depend on science and medicine as never before, yet there is widespread misinformation and confusion, amplified by the media, regarding what influences our health. In Getting Risk Right, Geoffrey C. Kabat shows how science works-and sometimes doesn't-and what separates these two very different outcomes.Kabat seeks to help us distinguish between claims that are supported by solid science and those that are the result of poorly designed or misinterpreted studies. By exploring different examples, he explains why certain risks are worth worrying about, while others are not. He emphasizes the variable quality of research in contested areas of health risks, as well as the professional, political, and methodological factors that can distort the research process. Drawing on recent systematic critiques of biomedical research and on insights from behavioral psychology, Getting Risk Right examines factors both internal and external to the science that can influence what results get attention and how questionable results can be used to support a particular narrative concerning an alleged public health threat. In this book, Kabat provides a much-needed antidote to what has been called "an epidemic of false claims."
Health education. --- Risk assessment. --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Risk --- Risk analysis --- Risk evaluation --- Evaluation --- Health --- Hygiene --- Communication in medicine --- Education --- Health promotion --- Preventive health services --- Study and teaching --- Risk Assessment. --- Health Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk Analysis --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Analyses --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments
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Self-mutilation --- Self-Injurious Behavior --- Risk Assessment --- Age Factors --- Sex Factors --- diagnosis --- therapy --- Factor, Sex --- Factors, Sex --- Sex Factor --- Age Reporting --- Age Factor --- Factor, Age --- Factors, Age --- Health Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessments, Health --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Automutilation --- Self-harm (Self-mutilation) --- Self-injurious behavior (Self-mutilation) --- Self-injury (Self-mutilation) --- Malingering --- Mutilation --- Self-destructive behavior --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses
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Health risk assessment. --- Medicine, Preventive --- Public health --- Risk assessment --- Environmental health --- Assessment, Health risk --- Health hazard appraisal --- Health hazard assessment --- Health risk appraisal --- HRA (Public health) --- Human risk assessment --- Risk Assessment --- Biomedical Technology --- Risk Management --- Health Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk Analysis --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Analyses --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- legislation & jurisprudence --- organization & administration
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Health risk assessment --- Ecological risk assessment --- Ecology --- Risk Assessment --- Environmental Science --- Bionomics --- Ecologies --- Environmental Sciences --- Science, Environmental --- Sciences, Environmental --- Assessment, Ecological risk --- Ecological risk analysis --- Ecological risk estimation --- Heatlh Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Heatlh Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Heatlh Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Heatlh Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Heatlh --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessments, Heatlh --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Assessment, Health risk --- Health hazard appraisal --- Health hazard assessment --- Health risk appraisal --- HRA (Public health) --- Human risk assessment --- Environmental Psychology --- Conservation of Natural Resources --- Environmental Health --- Ecosystem --- Applied ecology --- Environmental impact analysis --- Risk assessment --- Health Risk Assessment --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments, Health --- Medicine, Preventive --- Public health --- Environmental health --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses --- Ecology. --- Risk Assessment.
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Microbiology --- Risk assessment --- Microbial biology --- Microbiology. --- Risk Assessment. --- Health Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessments, Health --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Infectious Disease Medicine --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Microbiological Phenomena. --- Microbial Concepts --- Microbial Phenomena --- Microbiologic Concepts --- Microbiological Phenomenon --- Microbiological Process --- Phenomena, Microbiologic --- Microbiologic Phenomena --- Microbiological Processes --- Concept, Microbial --- Concept, Microbiologic --- Concepts, Microbial --- Concepts, Microbiologic --- Microbial Concept --- Microbiologic Concept --- Phenomena, Microbial --- Phenomena, Microbiological --- Phenomenon, Microbiological --- Process, Microbiological --- Processes, Microbiological --- Dysbiosis --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses
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Cancer causing agents --- Carcinogenen --- Carcinogenic agents --- Carcinogens --- Carcinogènes --- Oncogens --- Carcinogens. --- Tobacco, Smokeless --- Nitrosamines --- Risk Assessment. --- Heatlh Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Heatlh Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Heatlh Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Heatlh Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Heatlh --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessments, Heatlh --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Tumor Initiators --- Tumor Promoters --- Initiators, Tumor --- Promoters, Tumor --- Benzidines --- adverse effects. --- Nitrosoamines --- Smokeless tobacco --- Risk Assessment --- Health Risk Assessment --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments, Health --- Chewing tobacco --- Oral tobacco --- Tobacco products --- Tobacco chewing --- Amines --- Nitroso compounds --- Hazardous substances --- Dose-response relationship --- Carcinogenicity --- Composition --- Toxicology --- adverse effects --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses --- Carcinogen --- Oncogen --- Tumor Initiator --- Tumor Promoter --- Initiator, Tumor --- Promoter, Tumor --- Dipping Tobacco --- Gutka --- Gutka Tobacco --- Mint Snuff --- Snus --- Chewing Tobacco --- Oral Tobacco --- Smokeless Tobacco --- Snuff --- Chewing Tobaccos --- Dipping Tobaccos --- Gutka Tobaccos --- Gutkas --- Snuff, Mint --- Tobacco, Chewing --- Tobacco, Dipping --- Tobacco, Gutka --- Tobacco, Oral --- Tobaccos, Chewing --- Tobaccos, Dipping --- Tobaccos, Gutka --- Tobaccos, Smokeless
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Value in Health Regional Issues (ViHRI) is a new scientific journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) to encourage and enhance the science of pharmacoeconomic/health economic and health outcomes research and its use in health care decisions in Asia, Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Western Asia, and Africa. Value in Health Regional Issues, a peer-reviewed publication, is an independent journal (unique ISSN), and is related to Value in Health only in cover design and contents. The scope and mission of Value in Health Regional Issues is consistent with the mission and scope of the Society. Value in Health Regional Issues includes articles on health care policy analysis, outcomes research (clinical, economic, and patient-reported) empirical studies, methodological studies, and articles on health care resources in the region. Health care decision-maker commentaries that stimulate communication between health outcomes researchers and policymakers are welcome. Commentaries are expected to include discussion on how researchers can better respond to the needs of those making clinical and financial decisions in health care.
Medical technology --- Regional planning --- Medical care --- Pharmaceutical technology --- Biotechnology --- Outcome Assessment (Health Care) --- Economics, Pharmaceutical. --- Technology, Medical --- Health Resources --- Risk Assessment. --- Evaluation --- standards. --- Economics, Pharmaceutical --- Risk Assessment --- standards --- Heatlh Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Heatlh Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Heatlh Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Heatlh Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Heatlh --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessments, Heatlh --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Resources --- Health Resource --- Resource --- Resource, Health --- Resources, Health --- Pharmaceutical Economics --- Pharmacoeconomics --- Pharmacy --- Assessment, Outcomes --- Outcome Measures --- Outcome Studies --- Outcomes Assessment --- Outcomes Research --- Assessment, Outcome (Health Care) --- Assessments, Outcome (Health Care) --- Assessments, Outcomes --- Measure, Outcome --- Measures, Outcome --- Outcome Assessments (Health Care) --- Outcome Measure --- Outcome Study --- Outcomes Assessments --- Research, Outcomes --- Studies, Outcome --- Study, Outcome --- Pharmaceutical laboratory techniques --- Pharmaceutical laboratory technology --- Technology, Pharmaceutical --- Delivery of health care --- Delivery of medical care --- Health care --- Health care delivery --- Health services --- Healthcare --- Medical and health care industry --- Medical services --- Personal health services --- Regional development --- State planning --- Health care technology --- Health technology --- economics --- Government policy --- Evaluation. --- Health Risk Assessment --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments, Health --- Pharmacy Economics --- Economic, Pharmacy --- Economics, Pharmacy --- Pharmacy Economic --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Technology --- Public health --- Human settlements --- Land use --- Planning --- City planning --- Landscape protection --- Outcome Assessment, Health Care. --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses --- Outcome Assessment, Health Care --- Medical Informatics
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Carcinogenicity testing --- Carcinogenesis --- Abnormalities, Human --- Carcinogens --- Cancérogénicité --- Cancérogenèse --- Cancérogènes --- Etiology --- Carcinogenicity Tests. --- Mutagenicity Tests. --- Risk Assessment. --- Carcinogenic activity testing --- Testing for carcinogenicity --- Chronic toxicity testing --- Oncology, Experimental --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Tests, Genetic Toxicity --- Toxicity Tests, Genetic --- Genetic Toxicity Tests --- Genotoxicity Tests --- Mutagen Screening --- Genetic Toxicity Test --- Genotoxicity Test --- Mutagen Screenings --- Mutagenicity Test --- Screening, Mutagen --- Screenings, Mutagen --- Test, Genotoxicity --- Tests, Genotoxicity --- Toxicity Test, Genetic --- Carcinogenicity Tests --- Carcinogen Tests --- Carcinogenesis Tests --- Carcinogenic Activity Tests --- Carcinogenic Potency Tests --- Tumorigenicity Tests --- Carcinogen Test --- Carcinogenesis Test --- Carcinogenic Activity Test --- Carcinogenic Potency Test --- Carcinogenicity Test --- Potency Test, Carcinogenic --- Potency Tests, Carcinogenic --- Test, Carcinogen --- Test, Carcinogenesis --- Test, Carcinogenic Activity --- Test, Carcinogenic Potency --- Test, Carcinogenicity --- Test, Tumorigenicity --- Tests, Carcinogen --- Tests, Carcinogenesis --- Tests, Carcinogenic Activity --- Tests, Carcinogenic Potency --- Tests, Carcinogenicity --- Tests, Tumorigenicity --- Tumorigenicity Test --- Mutagenicity Tests --- Testing --- Heatlh Risk Assessment --- Assessment, Heatlh Risk --- Assessments, Heatlh Risk --- Heatlh Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Heatlh --- Risk Assessments, Heatlh --- Cancérogénicité --- Cancérogenèse --- Cancérogènes --- Risk Assessment --- Health Risk Assessment --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments, Health --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses
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evaluation and management of risks --- social-hygienic monitoring --- risk factors for health --- Health risk assessment --- Assessment, Health risk --- Health hazard appraisal --- Health hazard assessment --- Health risk appraisal --- HRA (Public health) --- Human risk assessment --- Medicine, Preventive --- Public health --- Risk assessment --- Environmental health --- Health risk assessment. --- Risk Assessment. --- Public Health. --- Environmental Health. --- Russia. --- Environmental Health Science --- Health, Environmental --- Environmental Health Sciences --- Environmental Healths --- Health Science, Environmental --- Health Sciences, Environmental --- Healths, Environmental --- Science, Environmental Health --- Sciences, Environmental Health --- Ecology --- Community Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health --- Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health --- Health, Community --- Health, Public --- Preventive Medicine --- Education, Public Health Professional --- Health Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Assessments, Benefit-Risk --- Assessments, Health Risk --- Assessments, Risk --- Assessments, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Assessments, Health --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Russian Federation (Europe) --- Russian SFSR --- Russian S.F.S.R. --- Risk Analysis --- Analysis, Risk --- Risk Analyses
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This book provides engineers with the safety and risk assessment tools and techniques they need to work effectively in any safety or reliability critical environment. These tools are primarily statistical. Where David Smith's book succeeds is by meeting the needs of an applied audience by setting these tools in the context of the design and operation of safety related processes and systems. Now in its Eighth Edition, this is regarded as the core reference in this field, and the success of its approach is reflected in the popularity of this standard work. It deals with all aspects of
Engineering sciences. Technology --- Production management --- veiligheid (technologie) --- procesindustrie --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Maintainability (Engineering) --- Engineering design --- Engineering --- Reproducibility of Results --- Risk Assessment --- Health Risk Assessment --- Risks and Benefits --- Assessment, Risk --- Benefit-Risk Assessment --- Risk Analysis --- Risk-Benefit Assessment --- Analysis, Risk --- Assessment, Benefit-Risk --- Assessment, Health Risk --- Assessment, Risk-Benefit --- Benefit Risk Assessment --- Benefit-Risk Assessments --- Benefits and Risks --- Health Risk Assessments --- Risk Analyses --- Risk Assessment, Health --- Risk Assessments --- Risk Benefit Assessment --- Risk-Benefit Assessments --- Face Validity --- Reliability (Epidemiology) --- Reliability of Results --- Reproducibility of Findings --- Test-Retest Reliability --- Validity (Epidemiology) --- Reliability and Validity --- Reliability of Result --- Reproducibility Of Result --- Reproducibility of Finding --- Validity of Result --- Validity of Results --- Finding Reproducibilities --- Finding Reproducibility --- Of Result, Reproducibility --- Of Results, Reproducibility --- Reliabilities, Test-Retest --- Reliability, Test-Retest --- Result Reliabilities --- Result Reliability --- Result Validities --- Result Validity --- Result, Reproducibility Of --- Results, Reproducibility Of --- Test Retest Reliability --- Validity and Reliability --- Validity, Face --- Engineerings --- Design, Engineering --- Industrial design --- Strains and stresses --- Maintainability of equipment --- Serviceability (Engineering) --- Operations research --- Systems engineering --- Reliability of equipment --- Systems reliability --- Probabilities --- Plant performance --- Safety factor in engineering --- Structural failures --- Design --- E-books --- Engineering design. --- Fiabilité --- Maintenabilité --- Conception technique --- Risk assessment. --- Risk analysis --- Risk evaluation --- Evaluation
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