Cancer as an environmental disease /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
[2004]
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| Series: | Environmental science and technology library ;
v. 20. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : cancer and the environment
- Incorporating the environmental context in the study of cancer
- Could the increase in cancer incidence be related to recent environmental changes?
- The role of DNA damage and DNA-damaging environmental chemicals in carcinogenesis
- Gene-environment interaction in environmental carcinogens
- Health impact assessment of accidents with environmental carcinogens
- Anti-oxidants and chemopreventive agents as cancer enhancing agent : the other side of the coin
- Legislative proposals for reversing the cancer epidemic and controlling run-away idustrial technologies
- Re-evaluation of priorities in addressing the cancer issue : conclusions, strategies, and prospects