Prevention, ethics and science: Lessons from Lorenzo Tomatis

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-12

  Zapponi, Giovanni A ^a,b   Marcello, Ida ^b   Carere, Angelo ^b  

^a Dipartimento Tecnologie e Salute   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Ethical consideration; Precautionary principle; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 46349093998     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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