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Volume 11, Cadmium, Nickel, Some Epoxides, Miscellaneous Industrial Chemicals and General Considerations on Volatile Anaesthetics. World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon. 1976. Pp. 306. Price: Sw.Fr. 34, $13.60. Volume 12, Some Carbamates, Thiocarbamates and Carbazides. World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon. 1976. Pp. 282. Price: Sw.Fr. 34, $14.00. Volume 13, Some Miscellaneous Pharmaceutical Substances. World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon. 1977. Pp. 256. Price: Sw.Fr. 30, $12.00. Volume 14, Asbestos. World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon. 1977. Pp. 108. Price: Sw.Fr. 14, $6.00. Volume 15, Some Fumigants, the Herbicides 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, Chlorinated Dibenzodioxins and Miscellaneous Industrial Chemicals. World Health Organization, International Agency for Research on Cancer. Lyon. 1977. Pp. 354. Price: Sw.Fr. 50, $20.00. Air Pollution and Cancer in Man. Proceedings of the 2nd Hanover International Carcinogenesis Meeting held in Hanover, 22-24 October 1975. Edited by U. Mohr, D. Schmahl and L. Tomatis. Lyon. International Agency for Research on Cancer. 1977. Pp. 331. Price: Sw.Fr. 90, $35.00.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the World Health Organization, produces a great many useful and practical volumes, some of which are listed above. They are essential reading for specialists in the environmental field who wish to obtain an up-to-date account of the importance, in the light of modern work, of the various environmental hazards, which are generally listed in the individual titles.