Angel H Roffo: the forgotten father of experimental tobacco carcinogenesis.
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This section looks back to some ground-breaking contributions to public health, reproducing them in their original form and adding a commentary on their significance from a modern-day perspective. To coincide with World No-Tobacco Day, Robert N Proctor reviews experimental tobacco carcinogenesis in the 1920s–1940s with special reference to the work of Angel H Roffo. One of Roffo’s papers is reproduced and translated in this issue of the Bulletin.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
دوره 84 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006