| Titre | Les signalements profanes de clusters de cancers : épidémiologie populaire et expertise en santé environnementale | |
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| Auteur | Marcel Calvez | |
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Revue | Sciences Sociales et Santé |
| Numéro | vol. 27, no 2, juin 2009 | |
| Page | 79-106 | |
| Résumé |
Lay reports of cancers clusters : popular epidemiology and expertise in environmental health Lay reports of cancers clusters combine the perception of an abnormal frequency of cancerous pathologies by a population, the incrimination of industrial facilities in these pathologies, and the report to health authorities for scientific investigations and control of health risks. Generally, the existence of a cluster is not validated by epidemiological investigation. The population is therefore led to develop its own knowledge of the health problem through a process that, following Phil Brown, we qualify as popular epidemiology. The article utilizes the ethnographic study of three reports of clusters in France (Saint-Cyr-l'École, Vincennes, Nivillac) to analyze this popular epidemiology, its claims to expertise, and its social and cultural foundations. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Résumé anglais |
Lay reports of cancers clusters : popular epidemiology and expertise in environmental health Lay reports of cancers clusters combine the perception of an abnormal frequency of cancerous pathologies by a population, the incrimination of industrial facilities in these pathologies, and the report to health authorities for scientific investigations and control of health risks. Generally, the existence of a cluster is not validated by epidemiological investigation. The population is therefore led to develop its own knowledge of the health problem through a process that, following Phil Brown, we qualify as popular epidemiology. The article utilizes the ethnographic study of three reports of clusters in France (Saint-Cyr-l'École, Vincennes, Nivillac) to analyze this popular epidemiology, its claims to expertise, and its social and cultural foundations. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/doc/sosan_0294-0337_2009_num_27_2_1922 |
