MAP20090085046Quantitative estimation and prediction of human cancer risks / edited by A. Moolgavkar... [et al.]. — Lyon : International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1999XIII, 322 p. ; 24 cmFondo donado por el Sr. Enrique González Fernández, del INSHTSumario: Quantitative estimation and prediction of human cancer risk: its history and role in cancer prevention -- Quantitative estimation and prediction of cancer risk: review of existing activities -- Principles of the epidemiological approach to QEP -- Measurement of exposure and outcome in epidemiological studies used for quantitative estimation and prediciton of risk -- Long-and medium-term carcinogenicity studies in animals and short-term genotoxicity tests -- Empirical approaches to risk estimation and prediction -- Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and biologically based models for estimation and prediction of risk -- Review of specific examples of QEP -- Future perspectives, unresolved issues and research needs