A moral history of the evolution of a caste of workers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1996, Pages 991-998

  Samuels, Sheldon Wilfred ^a,b  

^a Ramazzini Institute   (United States)

^b Ramazzini Inst Occup Environ H   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caste; Chronic beryllium disease; Colorado Plateau; Cultural and biological evolution; Erz Gebirge; Genetic testing; Human genome project; Masada Syndrome; Nuclear weapons facilities; Suicide; Uranium miners

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BOMB; BERYLLIOSIS; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URANIUM MINE;

EID: 0029850560     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s5991     Document Type: Conference Paper

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