Workshop report: environmental exposures and cancer prevention.
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Workshop report: environmental exposures and cancer prevention.
The Workshop on Environmental Exposures and Cancer was held by Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) 25-26 April 2001. An expert panel convened to achieve consensus on a list of important environmental exposures, priority environmental exposures in Ontario, and recommendations for CCO in the areas of surveillance, research, and prevention activities to address these environmental exposures. Panel members d...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5384