Environment and cancer in Brazil: An overview from a public health perspective

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 544, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 305-311

  Koifman, Sergio ^a   Koifman, Rosalina Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cancer; Chemical exposure; Environment; Risk factor; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CHEMICAL AGENT; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; NITROSAMINE; PESTICIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PENIS CANCER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STOMACH CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WART VIRUS;

EID: 0344391965     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2003.07.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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