Cancer Of The Scrotum In The Blackburn Registration District, 1837–1929

Cambridge University Press (CUP) - Tập 36 Số 3 - Trang 310-340 - 1936
S. A. Henry1, E. D. Irvine2
1H.M. Medical Inspector of Factories, London
2Blackburn

Tóm tắt

The following report describes the result of an effort to trace and investigate all the cases of cancer of the skin of the scrotum which have occurred in the inhabitants of the Blackburn Registration District during the period 1837–1929. Our enquiries have been directed in particular to the ascertainment of the various occupations followed by the patients affected, with a view to the consideration of carcinogenic agents operating in these occupations.

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