Workplace Roulette: Gambling with CancerIn this handbook, experienced health activists critically examine occupational causes of cancer, and offer viable solutions. They provide definitions of key words and concepts, essential statistics and data, suggestions for action, and listings of further resources. |
Contents
Work and Cancer A Deadly Combination | 1 |
What Causes Cancer? Dispelling the Myths Focusing on the Culprits | 14 |
Cancer and Work Throughout the Centuries | 25 |
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