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1st Edition

Cancer Risk
Assessing And Reducing The Dangers In Our Society

Edited By

Office Of Technology Assessment

Copyright Year 1982



ISBN 9780367019327
Published April 18, 2019 by Routledge
258 Pages
USD $150.00

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Book Description

This book illuminates the debates about the importance of environmental factors in cancer occurrence and the laws that require actions to reduce exposures to cancer-causing substances. It describes what is known about the occurrence of cancer and death from cancer in the United States.

Table of Contents

1. Summary 2. Cancer Incidence and Mortality 3. Factors Associated With Cancer 4. Methods for Detecting and Identifying Carcinogens 5. Extrapolation From Study-Generated Data to Estimates of Human Risk 6. Approaches to Regulating Carcinogens

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