Article
Progress in the epidemiological understanding of gene-environment interactions in major diseases: cancer.
Comptes rendus biologies - 1 Apr 2007
Clavel Jacqueline
Abstract excerpt
Cancer epidemiology has undergone marked development since the 1950s. One of the most spectacular and specific contributions was the demonstration of the massive effect of smoking on the occurrence of lung, larynx, and bladder cancer. Major chemical, physical, and biological carcinogenic agents have been identified in the working environment and in the overall environment. The chain of events from environmental...
Topics
- Carcinogens
- Environment
- France
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genomics
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Neoplasms
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Smoking
- Transcription, Genetic
