ABSTRACT
Cancer is among the most frequent causes of death in the EC countries, killing 726,244 (22%) out of 3,270,173 European citizens who died in 1982 (Table 12.1) (Europe against Cancer, 1988; Moller Jensen, 1990). Cancer mortality rates differ greatly within the EC, both within and between single member states (Table 12.1). These differences are, to some extent, attributable to specific life style, such as smoking habits and diet, as well as to working conditions.
