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Two areas of change in society likely to be reflected during the years to come in changes in cancer risk merit our attention to-day. The first is closely related to the contribution of the previous speaker and concerns the growing awareness by the general public and by responsible authorities that chemicals to which people are exposed at work may increase their chances of developing cancer. The second concerns the possible risk of cancer from the use of sex hormones.
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Roe, F.J.C. (1977). Changing Risks in the United Kingdom. In: Raven, R.W. (eds) Outlook on Cancer. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8822-1_5
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