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DATE 1944 Nov DOC SAL040 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - Environmental Cancer
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agent and thecancer often appearing many years various cancerigenic agents Itis for this reason
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past Practitioners and cancer clinics in addition a industrial physicians will aid greatly in meeting th 4 situation by close study of the occupational history
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detect cancerous lesions It is mainly in this way that t
industrial origin of cancer can be established and 4 sources of occupational forms discovered The bene from such efforts will be not only the early
and improved prognosis of cases of
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but also the prevention of industrial cancer by l
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