TY - JOUR
T1 - Cancer and the workplace
AU - Stellman, Jeanne Mager
AU - Stellman, Steven D.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The study of occupationally related cancers has played an important role in the control of cancer in general. The very nature of the workplace allows for studies that can help establish a relationship between an environmental exposure and cancer. Once carcinogens are identified, strategies can be developed to prevent disease. This article reviews procedures for identifying, evaluating, and categorizing human carcinogens; provides an overview of the basic epidemiologic strategies that have been used to study cancer and the workplace; and outlines the clinical evaluation of occupational exposures.
AB - The study of occupationally related cancers has played an important role in the control of cancer in general. The very nature of the workplace allows for studies that can help establish a relationship between an environmental exposure and cancer. Once carcinogens are identified, strategies can be developed to prevent disease. This article reviews procedures for identifying, evaluating, and categorizing human carcinogens; provides an overview of the basic epidemiologic strategies that have been used to study cancer and the workplace; and outlines the clinical evaluation of occupational exposures.
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U2 - 10.3322/canjclin.46.2.70
DO - 10.3322/canjclin.46.2.70
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8624799
AN - SCOPUS:0029865179
SN - 0007-9235
VL - 46
SP - 70
EP - 92
JO - Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
JF - Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
IS - 2
ER -