The Eastern Mediterranean Region: highlights of the Regional Director's report for 1979-81.
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Communicable Disease Control↗
Biomedical subjects
A H Taba
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Problems of occupational carcinogenesis in developing countries.
An overview of published information on occupational cancer and recorded ongoing occupational cancer research in developing countries is presented. The main cancers reported, of possible occupational origin, are skin carcinoma, leukemia due to exposure to benzene, asbestos-caused mesothelioma, vinyl chloride-induced hepatic angiosarcoma, carcinoma of bilharzial urinary bladder, stomach cancer reportedly associated with nitrogen fertilizers, lung cancer of nickel smelters, and nasopharyngeal and pulmonary carcinoma in workers exposed to the dust of hard wood. The difficulties of developing efficient occupational cancer prevention are discussed. Some options are analyzed regarding legislative, technological, environmental, medical, administrative, and educational cancer control applicable under conditions of developing countries.
Carcinogens, Environmental↗
Nutritional problems in the weaning period (report on a seminar in Addis Abada, Ethiopia 3-15 March, 1969).
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Breast Feeding↗
A view of the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region.
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Africa, Northern↗