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RECORD NUMBER: 16 OF 51Main Title | Environmental and occupational causes of cancer : a review of recent scientific literature / | |||||||||||
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Publisher | Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts Lowell, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2005 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 61687360 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Cancer--Environmental aspects ; Carcinogenesis ; Tumors--Etiology ; Environmental health | |||||||||||
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Collation | 44 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | September 2005. Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Notes | Estimating environmental and occupational contributions to cancer -- A look at recent history -- Causes: genes or environment? -- Perspectives on research methods -- Epidemiologic and animal studies: strengths and limitations -- Cancer clusters -- Cancer incidence and mortality data -- The state of the science -- Methodology -- The state of the science by cancer type -- Bladder cancer -- Bone cancer -- Brain and other central nervous system cancers -- Breast cancer -- Cervical cancer -- Colon cancer -- Esophageal cancer -- Hodgkin's disease -- Kidney cancer -- Laryngeal cancer -- Leukemia -- Liver and biliary cancer -- Lung cancer -- Mesothelioma -- Multiple myeloma -- Nasal and nasopharynx -- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Ovarian cancer -- Pancreatic cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Rectal cancer -- Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) -- Skin cancer -- Stomach cancer -- Testicular cancer -- Thyroid cancer -- Comments and discussion -- Recommendations -- Appendices. |