Health Scare: The Misuse of Science in Public Health Policy <i>by J.R. Johnstone and C. Ulyatt</i>: (Critical Issues Series No. 14, Australian Institute for Public Policy, Perth, WA, 1991), pp. viii + 99, $11.00, ISBN 0-949186-43-0

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Author(s): K.A. Sampford ^a

Publication date (Print): June 1992

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Title: Prometheus

Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): June 1992

Volume: 10

Issue: 1

Pages: 141-143

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Publisher ID: 8629525 Coden ID: Prometheus, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1992: pp. 141–143

DOI: 10.1080/08109029208629525

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Quoted in M. Laurence, ‘Smoking may be a business hazard’, Australian Business, 1 May 1991. pp. 44–7 esp. 44.
K. Henderson, ‘If breathing is a health hazard … passive smoking and employers’ liability’, Corporate Management, May/June 1991, pp. 73–5 esp. 75.
Mather H. G., Pearson N. G., Read K. L.Q., Shaw D. B., Steed G. R., Thorne M. G., Jones S., Guerrier C. J., Eraut C. D., McHugh P. M., Chowdhury N. R., Jafary M. H. and Wallace T. J.. 1971. . ‘Acute myocardial infarction: home and hospital treatment’. . British Medical Journal . , Vol. 3:: 334––8. .
Cobb L. A., Thomas G. I., Dillard D. H., Merendino K. A. and Bruce R. A.. 1959. . ‘An evaluation of internal-mammary-artery ligation by a double-blind technic’. . New England Journal of Medicine . , Vol. 260((22)) 28 May;: 1115––8. . American Journal of Cardiology

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[1] Rushworth R. L., Plant A. J., Pierce J. P., Bauman A., Aldrich R. and Cripps A. L.. 1990. . ‘The awareness of the risk of elevated cholesterol levels and knowledge about cholesterol-lowering action in Australia’. . Medical Journal of Australia . , Vol. 152: 15 January;: 72––5. .

[2] Quoted in M. Laurence, ‘Smoking may be a business hazard’, Australian Business, 1 May 1991. pp. 44–7 esp. 44.

[3] K. Henderson, ‘If breathing is a health hazard … passive smoking and employers’ liability’, Corporate Management, May/June 1991, pp. 73–5 esp. 75.

[4] Mather H. G., Pearson N. G., Read K. L.Q., Shaw D. B., Steed G. R., Thorne M. G., Jones S., Guerrier C. J., Eraut C. D., McHugh P. M., Chowdhury N. R., Jafary M. H. and Wallace T. J.. 1971. . ‘Acute myocardial infarction: home and hospital treatment’. . British Medical Journal . , Vol. 3:: 334––8. .

[5] Cobb L. A., Thomas G. I., Dillard D. H., Merendino K. A. and Bruce R. A.. 1959. . ‘An evaluation of internal-mammary-artery ligation by a double-blind technic’. . New England Journal of Medicine . , Vol. 260((22)) 28 May;: 1115––8. . American Journal of Cardiology