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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives1995

Estimating avoidable causes of cancer.

D L Davis, C Muir

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. How much does the environment contribute to cancer?Occupational and environmental medicine · 2003
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D L DavisOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC, USA. DDAVIS@OASH.SSW.DHHS.GOV
C Muir
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence that much cancer is preventable derives from observations of time trends and geographic patterns of cancer, birth cohort changes, high risks in groups with well-defined exposures, and experimental studies. In an effort to identify additional opportunities for reducing the impact of cancer on society, this conference assessed avoidable causes of cancer. The magnitude and extent of preventable causes of cancer are subjects of intense debate, with discrepancies often related to the use of different time frames and different weights for epidemiologic and toxicologic evidence. There is much agreement, however, about the exposures that increase risk, notably tobacco, alcohol, diet, radiation, medications, occupational exposures, general environmental exposures, and infectious agents. Interactions between carcinogenic exposures and genetic susceptibility are also important. Concerted efforts are needed to identify avoidable causes of cancer and to apply knowledge already obtained to reduce the cancer burden.

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Alcohol DrinkingCarcinogens, EnvironmentalDietHumansNeoplasmsRisk FactorsSmoking PreventionCarcinogens, Environmental

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PMID8741803
PMCPMC1518970
OpenAlexW2075790251

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