Biases about man-made cancer among researchers

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 771-778

  Mazur, Allan ^a   Rothman, Stanley ^b   Lichter, S Robert ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Center for Media and Public Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Environment; Objectivity; Prejudice; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HISTORY; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035495110     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030631201031005004     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Allan Mazur, Hazardous Inquiry (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998), 52-54.
2. Richard Doll and Richard Peto, Causes of Cancer (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981), esp. 12-56; Bruce N. Ames, Renae Magaw and Lois Swirsky Gold, 'Ranking Possible Carcinogenic Hazards', Science, Vol. 236 (17 April 1987), 271-86; L.S. Gold, Thomas H. Slone, Bonnie R. Stern, Neela B. Manley and B.N. Ames, 'Rodent Carcinogens: Setting Priorities', Science, Vol. 258 (18 December 1992), 261-65.
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5. S. Robert Lichter and Stanley Rothman, Environmental Cancer - A Political Disease? (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999), 101-05.
6. Everett Ladd, Jr, and Seymour Lipset, 'Politics of Academic Natural Scientists and Engineers', Science, Vol. 176 (9 June 1972), 1091-100; Ladd and Lipset, Divided Academy (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975), 78-79; Allan Mazur, Dynamics of Technical Controversy (Washington, DC: Communications Press, 1981), 80-81.
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8. Everett Ladd, Jr, and Seymour Lipset, 'Politics of Academic Natural Scientists and Engineers', Science, Vol. 176 (9 June 1972), 1091-100; Ladd and Lipset, Divided Academy (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975), 78-79; Allan Mazur, Dynamics of Technical Controversy (Washington, DC: Communications Press, 1981), 80-81.
9. Francis Lynn, 'The Interplay of Science and Values in Assessing and Regulating Environmental Risks', Science, Technology, & Human Values, Vol. 11, No. 55 (Spring 1986), 40-50.
10. For examples, see John Durant, Martin Bauer and George Gaskell, Biotechnology in the Public Sphere (London: Science Museum, 1998), 199-213; Paul Slovic, James Flynn, C.K. Mertz, Marc Poumadere and Claire Mays, 'Nuclear Power and the Public: A Comparative Study of Risk Perception in France and the United States', in Ortwin Renn and Bernd Rohrmann (eds), Cross-cultural Risk Perception (Dordrecht & Boston, MA: Kluwer, 2000), 55-102, at 97-99.
11. For examples, see John Durant, Martin Bauer and George Gaskell, Biotechnology in the Public Sphere (London: Science Museum, 1998), 199-213; Paul Slovic, James Flynn, C.K. Mertz, Marc Poumadere and Claire Mays, 'Nuclear Power and the Public: A Comparative Study of Risk Perception in France and the United States', in Ortwin Renn and Bernd Rohrmann (eds), Cross-cultural Risk Perception (Dordrecht & Boston, MA: Kluwer, 2000), 55-102, at 97-99.