European Code against Cancer 4th Edition: Environment, occupation and cancer

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages S84-S92

  Espina, Carolina ^a   Straif, Kurt ^a   Friis, Søren ^b   Kogevinas, Manolis ^c   Saracci, Rodolfo ^a   Vainio, Harri ^d   Schüz, Joachim ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cancer; Chemical; Environment; Europe; Primary prevention; Regulation; Safety; Workplace

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EUROPEAN UNION; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84936797441     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2015.03.017     Document Type: Article

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