A Quick Guide to Cancer Epidemiology (PDF)

Carlo La Vecchia, MD, MSc is considered a leading expert in the field of cancer causation and epidemiology. He is the director of the Mario Negri Institute in Milan, Italy, and teaches medicine at the University of Milan. Dr. La Vecchia is involved in the editing of numerous medical and clinical journals dedicated to epidemiology. He is considered one of the most celebrated and productive epidemiologists in the field, having over 1,600 published papers in the literature that are considered paramount. He is also considered the most influential medical researchers in the world, according to ISI HighlyCited.com. Dr. La Vecchia is an adjunct professor of medicine at Vanderbilt Medical Center, as well as the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the World Health Organization in Geneva. He is also a temporary advisor at the IARC/WHO and at the WHO in New York. Paolo Boffetta, MD, is the deputy director of the Tisch Cancer Institute, the Institute for Translational Epidemiology at the Monte Sinai Medical Center in New York. Dr. Boffetta is renowned for having a role in the understanding of the association between alcohol and smoking and cancer. He has authored 814 scientific publications that are peer-reviewed and 54 book chapters that are written by himself. Stefania Boccia, Ph.D. is the vice director of the Institute of Hygiene’s Department of Public Health at the University of Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy. Also, Dr. Boccia is the leader of the Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics Unit. She has authored 73 scientific papers in her career as a scientist.

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ISBN-13:	9783319050676
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	04/30/2014
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Cancer Research Series
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	101
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

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A Quick Guide to Cancer Epidemiology (PDF)

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