Objectivity and ethics in environmental health science

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1809-1818

  Wing, Steve ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chance; Dose reconstruction; Environmental justice; Epidemiology; Ionizing radiation; Research ethics; Significance testing; Three Mile Island

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242472756     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6200     Document Type: Review

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