Occupational Cancers
Occupational Cancers by Sisko Anttila is a comprehensive guide published by Springer London on September 17, 2016. This softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 2014 spans 609 pages and is presented in English. The book explores the relationship between occupational factors and malignant diseases, focusing on work-related malignancies and the assessment of exposure to various carcinogens.
Readers will find detailed discussions on the clinical and pathological features of occupational cancer, along with epidemiological data that reviews risk ratios associated with different occupations. The text also addresses carcinogenic mechanisms, host susceptibility factors, and environmental influences. Additionally, it covers important topics such as the surveillance of workers exposed to carcinogens and strategies for the prevention of occupational cancer, making it a valuable resource for professionals in oncology, pathology, and public health.
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This book is a comprehensive guide to occupational factors of malignant diseases. It discusses potentially work-related malignancies, in the context of exposure assessment, specific clinical and pathological features of occupational cancer and biomarkers of exposure and disease. Epidemiological data about risk ratios of the cancer in question are reviewed for various occupations and with exposure to specific carcinogens, carcinogenic mechanisms, host susceptibility factors (genetic and other) and other environmental and life-style risk factors. Aspects such as surveillance of workers exposed to carcinogens and strategies for prevention of occupational cancer are also discussed.
Occupational Cancers is aimed at oncologists, pathologists, residents in training, clinical researchers, clinicians in occupational health, epidemiologists, pulmonologists, lawyers and public health officials.
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