Research Catalog

Title

Human cancer : epidemiology and environmental causes / John Higginson, Calum S. Muir, Nubia Muñoz.

Author

Higginson, John, 1922-2013.

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Muir, C. S.
• Muñoz, N.

Description

xxv, 577 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"The volume includes brief details of the epidemiological techniques involved, though without attempting a detailed exploration of sophisticated biomathematical background. A brief introduction on the application of laboratory techniques is dealt with in Chapter 3. The bulk of the volume then reviews systematically the epidemiology and causes of specific cancers. The bibliography concentrates on key references and reviews."--Back cover.

Series Statement

Cambridge monographs on cancer research

Uniform Title

Cambridge monographs on cancer research

Subject

• Cancer > Etiology
• Cancer > Epidemiology
• Cancer > Environmental aspects
• Environmental Exposure
• Neoplasms > epidemiology
• Exposition environnementale
• Tumeurs > Épidémiologie
• Carcinogenität
• Epidemiologie
• Krebs Medizin
• Umweltchemikalie
• Umweltverschmutzung
• Umweltfaktor
• Ätiologie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Epidemiological methods -- Causative factors in human cancer -- Legal and ethical considerations -- Introduction: total and specific site epidemiology -- Buccal cavity -- Digestive system -- Respiratory system -- Bone and soft tissue -- Skin -- Breast and genitourinary system -- Eye and nervous system -- Thyroid and other endocrine glands, lymphoid and hematopoietic system -- Cancers in children and multiple primary cancers.

ISBN

• 0521412889
• 9780521412889

LCCN

91023259

OCLC

• ocm23969544
• 23969544
• SCSB-9752929

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library