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Cancer as an Environmental Disease
. Ed(S): Nicolopoulou-Stamati, Polyxeni; Hens, Luc; Howard, Vyvyan C.; Larebeke, N. Van
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hardcover. Includes controversial topic because many of the proposed solutions or policies that may damage the economy in the short term in order to reap health benefits. Editor(s): Nicolopoulou-Stamati, Polyxeni; Hens, Luc; Howard, Vyvyan C.; Larebeke, N. Van. Series: Environmental Science and Technology Library. Num Pages: 215 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
These pages contain a number of chapters from specialists in the field who consider, from a number of different perspectives, the currently available evidence that supports the environmental cancer aetiology hypothesis. This constitutes the first part of the book. In the second part of the book, an examination of the policy implications of accepting that the cancer epidemic may essentially be preventable is presented. This will pose some difficult problems for politicians and decision-makers, who will have to consider adopting policies that may damage the economy in the short term in order to reap health benefits which will only become ... Read more
These pages contain a number of chapters from specialists in the field who consider, from a number of different perspectives, the currently available evidence that supports the environmental cancer aetiology hypothesis. This constitutes the first part of the book. In the second part of the book, an examination of the policy implications of accepting that the cancer epidemic may essentially be preventable is presented. This will pose some difficult problems for politicians and decision-makers, who will have to consider adopting policies that may damage the economy in the short term in order to reap health benefits which will only become ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
Series
Environmental Science and Technology Library
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402020193
SKU
V9781402020193
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99-15
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