Open AccessOccupational and environmental cancer incidence and mortality in China
Author(s) -
P. Li,
Shengfu Deng,
J.-B. Wang,
Ayaka J. Iwata,
YouLin Qiao,
Xing-bi Dai,
Paolo Boffetta
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
occupational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.509
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1471-8405
pISSN - 0962-7480
DOI - 10.1093/occmed/kqs016
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , lung cancer , incidence (geometry) , attributable risk , cancer , occupational cancer , mesothelioma , population , asbestos , bladder cancer , relative risk , demography , occupational exposure , pathology , confidence interval , physics , materials science , sociology , optics , metallurgy
Most cancers are due to environmental, occupational or other non-genetic factors and are potentially preventable.