French "grassroots" act against occupational cancers
2008
34
15-17
cancer ; epidemiologic study ; unsafe working conditions ; mortality ; occupational disease ; occupational risks ; working class
Occupational diseases
English
"The sprawling working-class suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis north-east of Paris has one of France's highest cancer mortality rates. A very different kind of combination has been waging a collective battle against the disease for some years now. Rather than taking the standard lifestyle-factor approach focused almost wholly on smoking, drinking and diet, they are looking into sufferers' working conditions. "
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