38 research outputs found
Occupational health and the region: the medical and sociolegal dimensions of respiratory diseases and cancer in the Lancashire textile industry
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The Factory Question and Industrial England 1830–1860. By Robert Gray · Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xiv + 253 pp. Illustrations, tables, bibliography and index. $59.95. ISBN 0-5214-9659-4.
No full textHero or villain: Sir Richard Doll and occupational cancer
No full textIn 2006, the English media broke the story that Sir Richard Doll had for many years been retained on a secret consultancy by Monsanto. Doll’s colleagues rushed to his defense, arguing that the story was an
unjustified smear on a great man whose work had saved millions of lives. However, Doll’s conflicts of interest in his occupational health epidemiology are shown to sit uneasily alongside his more independent smoking/lung cancer studies
Made in Lancashire: A History of Regional Industrialisation. By Geoffrey Timmins · Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998. 365 pp. Illustrations, endnotes, tables, and bibliography. Cloth, £50. ISBN 0719045398.
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The Rochdale asbestos cancer studies and the politics of epidemiology: what you see depends on where you sit
No full textThe history of the exploitation of epidemiology by the U.K. asbestos industry and the subsequent obscuring of the disastrous results of exposures is presented, exploring in particular the roles of Sir Richard Doll and his colleagues. Epidemiology, often regarded as a neutral science, is susceptible to socio-political influences
Wealth of Contrasts: Nyegaard & Co.—A Norwegian Pharmaceutical Company, 1874–1985. By
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