Carlo La Vecchia Scientist

Carlo La Vecchia (born February 27, 1955) is an Italian epidemiologist. He is doing research on chronic diseases, where he contributed to the understanding of the risks related to diet, tobacco, oral contraceptive use and occupational or environmental exposure to toxic substances in cancer and other chronic diseases development.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 27, 1955
Birth place
Italy , Milan
Nationality
Italy
Residence
Italy , Milan
Education
University of Milan
Known for
Cancer
Chronic (medicine)
Risk

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Scientist

awards
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Field of study
Epidemiology

Carlo La Vecchia on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://inhance.iarc.fr
  2. http://news.aol.ca/tag/Carlo-La-Vecchia
  3. http://www.iarc.fr
  4. http://www.marionegri.it
  5. http://www.uicc.org