Human Cancer - Epidemiology and Environmental Causes

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I Epidemiological Methods; Part II. Causative Factors in Human Cancer; Part III. Legal and Ethical Considerations; Part IV. Introduction: Total and Specific Site Epidemiology; Part V. Buccal Cavity; Part VI. Digestive System; Part VII. Respiratory System; Part VIII. Bone and Soft Tissue; Part IX. Skin; Part X. Breast and Genitourinary System; Part XI. Eye and Nervous System; Part XII. Thyroid and Other Endocrine Glands, Lymphoid and Hematopoietic System; Part XIII. Cancers in Children and Multiple Primary Cancers; Appendices.

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• Authors: John Higginson, John (Georgetown University Higginson, John Muir Higginson, Higginson John, Calum S. Muir, Muir Calum S., Nubia Munoz, Nubia Muñoz, Nubia Muoz
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.1992
• EAN: 9780521412889
• ISBN: 978-0-521-41288-9
• No. of pages: 604
• Series: Literature, Culture, Theory; Cambridge Monographs on Cancer Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, Oncology, Public health and preventive medicine, Infectious and contagious diseases, MEDICAL / Oncology / General