In order to determine which areas of cancer screening are currently receiving greatest emphasis in different ‍parts of the world a Medline search of the literature for the period 2000-2002 was performed, concentrating ...

Worldwide 31% of cancers in women are in the breast or uterine cervix. Cancer of the uterine cervix is one of the ‍leading causes of cancer death among women. The estimated new cancer cervix cases per year is 500.000 of ...

Although cancer screening has been introduced into physical checkup programs in the workplace, it has not ‍been regulated by the Occupational Health and Safety Law in Japan. In addition, the target age groups and strategy ...

Only after a decade from 1993, arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh has been reported as the ‍biggest arsenic catastrophe in the world. It is a burning public health issue in this country. More than 50 percent ...

The terms health education, patient education, self-care education, school health education, and health promotion ‍are distinguished from each other as follows. Health education is a subset or strategy within each of these ...

Three data sources for the information on cancer in China are described in this paper: (i) mortality data from ‍national retrospective surveys (1973-75 and 1990-92); (ii) mortality data obtained through special research ...

carcinogen risk assessment is essential. One of the responsible international bodies recognized as providing a lead in ‍this endeavour is the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), primarily through the ...

Many epidemiological studies have examined the associations of nutrients and foods with risk of stomach cancer. ‍Few studies have addressed the dietary patterns that reflect various components of food consumption and their ...

A great deal is known on the epidemiology of breast cancer. In this paper an attempt has been made to discuss the ‍epidemiology and trends in incidence of breast cancer in various populations of India with special reference ...

The polymerase chain reaction with confronting two-pair primers (PCR-CTPP) is a time-saving and inexpensive ‍genotyping method, which is applicable for most single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). To date, we have established ...

Seventeen samples of tap water in Bangkok and 2 neighboring provinces were collected in winter and summer, ‍concentrated and tested for mutagenic activity using the Ames Salmonella mutagenesis assay. Preliminary results ...