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.
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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