Textbook of cancer epidemiology
By: edited by Hans-Olov Adami, David Hunter, Dimitrios Trichopoulos ; with an introductory chapter by Brian MacMahon.
Contributors: Adami, Hans-Olov.; Hunter, David J.; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 748
ISBN-13: 9780195311174
Subjects: Cancer -- Epidemiology; Neoplasms -- epidemiology
Description: "The early chapters of this book summarize the principles and methods of epidemiology, the biology of cancer, cancer genetics, the potential of biomarkers, and burden of cancer around the world. Then, chapters of uniform structure on over 20 types of cancer provide clinical and pathologic outlines, descriptive epidemiology, and an account of risk factors and their etiologic importance."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.