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Human cancer : epidemiology and environmental causes / John Higginson, Calum S. Muir, Nubia Muñoz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge monographs on cancer researchPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 577 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511663505 (ebook)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification:
  • 614.5/999 20
LOC classification:
  • RC261.48 .H54 1991
Online resources: Summary: This important new reference book on human cancer provides a global picture of the epidemiology of cancer and its environmental causes. By summarising on a cancer-by-cancer basis geographical, environmental and ethical factors, the volume collates a wealth of information which, taken together, provides valuable insights into the causes of cancer and scope for its elimination and control. The contents include: (1) general epidemiological methods; (2) a review of known or suspected causes; (3) a detailed review of specific cancers; (4) a brief review of legal and ethical implications. The bibliography concentrates on recent key references and reviews.
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This important new reference book on human cancer provides a global picture of the epidemiology of cancer and its environmental causes. By summarising on a cancer-by-cancer basis geographical, environmental and ethical factors, the volume collates a wealth of information which, taken together, provides valuable insights into the causes of cancer and scope for its elimination and control. The contents include: (1) general epidemiological methods; (2) a review of known or suspected causes; (3) a detailed review of specific cancers; (4) a brief review of legal and ethical implications. The bibliography concentrates on recent key references and reviews.

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