Environmental and occupational interventions for primary prevention of cancer: A cross-sectorial policy framework

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 420-426

  Espina, Carolina ^a,b   Porta, Miquel ^c,d,e   Schüz, Joachim ^b   Aguado, Ildefonso Hernández ^d,f   Percival, Robert V ^g   Dora, Carlos ^a   Slevin, Terry ^h   Guzman, Julietta Rodriguez ^i,j   Meredith, Tim ^a   Landrigan, Philip J ^k   Neira, Maria ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^h Cancer Council Western Australia   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

^j PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^k MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Environmental health; Occupational; Policy; Primary prevention; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; COSMETIC; FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL SAFETY; CITY PLANNING; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 84875911202     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205897     Document Type: Review

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