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Document ID (ISN)59441
CIS number 93-131
ISSN - Serial title 0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Year 1992
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Hemminki K.
Title Occupational cancer and carcinogenesis
Bibliographic information 1992, Vol.18, Supplement 1, 117p. Illus. Bibl.
Abstract This special issue considers the following aspects: exposure from occupational versus other sources, carcinogen metabolism and individual susceptibility, oncogenes and oncoproteins in occupational carcinogenesis, use of molecular biology techniques in cancer epidemiology, cancer morbidity by occupation, proposal for future uses in epidemiology for cohort studies on the prevention of work-related cancer, identification of carcinogens within the IARC monograph programme, quantitative assessment of human cancer risk, technological changes in cancer prevention, screening for occupational cancer, workplace cancer prevention.
Descriptors (primary) conditions of exposure; aetiology; neoplasms; epidemiology; hazard evaluation; occupation disease relation
Descriptors (secondary) carcinogens; IARC; exposure tests; individual susceptibility; morbidity
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFinland
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Risk evaluation
Epidemiology