Primary prevention of cancer in relation to science, sociocultural trends and economic pressures

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-232

  Tomatis, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE)   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 4 BIPHENYLAMINE; ACETALDEHYDE; AROMATIC AMINE; ASBESTOS; ASPHALT; ATRAZINE; BENZENE; BIS(CHLOROMETHYL) ETHER; CADMIUM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARCINOGEN; CHLOROPRENE; GASOLINE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LEAD; PHTHALIC ACID; STYRENE; THALIDOMIDE;

CANCER;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LEUKEMIA; NEURITIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 21244449119     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.874     Document Type: Article

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