Adami, Hans-Olov
Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology [ electronic resource ] / by Hans-Olov Adami, David Hunter, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos. - Oxford Scholarship Online , 2009
This book offers an overview of the epidemiology and primary prevention for most forms of human cancer. It summarizes concepts and methods of epidemiology, the biology of cancer, cancer genetics, and the emerging potential of biomarkers. It also reviews specific cancer sites in a consistent way, providing clinical and pathological outlines, descriptive epidemiology, and a comprehensive account of traditional and molecular risk factors and their etiological importance. An epilogue summarizes the major contributions that epidemiology has made in the last few decades to our understanding of the causes of cancer, and speculates about future developments.
9780195311174 ( e-book )
Public health and epidemiology
Electronic books
Textbook of Cancer Epidemiology [ electronic resource ] / by Hans-Olov Adami, David Hunter, and Dimitrios Trichopoulos. - Oxford Scholarship Online , 2009
This book offers an overview of the epidemiology and primary prevention for most forms of human cancer. It summarizes concepts and methods of epidemiology, the biology of cancer, cancer genetics, and the emerging potential of biomarkers. It also reviews specific cancer sites in a consistent way, providing clinical and pathological outlines, descriptive epidemiology, and a comprehensive account of traditional and molecular risk factors and their etiological importance. An epilogue summarizes the major contributions that epidemiology has made in the last few decades to our understanding of the causes of cancer, and speculates about future developments.
9780195311174 ( e-book )
Public health and epidemiology
Electronic books
