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Articles 1 - 13 of 13
Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Environmental And Occupational Interventions For Primary Prevention Of Cancer: A Cross-Sectorial Policy Framework, Carolina Espina, Miquel Porta, Joachim Schüz, Ildefonso Hernández Aguado, Robert V. Percival, Carlos Dora, Terry Slevin, Julietta Rodriguez Guzman, Tim Meredith, Philip J. Landrigan, Maria Neira
Environmental And Occupational Interventions For Primary Prevention Of Cancer: A Cross-Sectorial Policy Framework, Carolina Espina, Miquel Porta, Joachim Schüz, Ildefonso Hernández Aguado, Robert V. Percival, Carlos Dora, Terry Slevin, Julietta Rodriguez Guzman, Tim Meredith, Philip J. Landrigan, Maria Neira
Faculty Scholarship
Nearly 13 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths occur worldwide each year; 63% of cancer deaths occur in low and middle-income countries. A substantial portion of all cancers are attributable to carcinogenic exposures in the environment and the workplace.
The objective of this study was to develop an evidence-based global vision and strategy for the primary prevention of environmental and occupational cancer.
The study concluded that opportunities exist to revitalize comprehensive global cancer control policies by incorporating primary interventions against environmental and occupational carcinogens.
Intellectual Property And Public Health – A White Paper, Ryan G. Vacca, James Ming Chen, Jay Dratler Jr., Thomas Folsom, Timothy S. Hall, Yaniv Heled, Frank A. Pasquale, Elizabeth A. Reilly, Jeffery Samuels, Katherine J. Strandburg, Kara W. Swanson, Andrew W. Torrance, Katharine A. Van Tassel
Intellectual Property And Public Health – A White Paper, Ryan G. Vacca, James Ming Chen, Jay Dratler Jr., Thomas Folsom, Timothy S. Hall, Yaniv Heled, Frank A. Pasquale, Elizabeth A. Reilly, Jeffery Samuels, Katherine J. Strandburg, Kara W. Swanson, Andrew W. Torrance, Katharine A. Van Tassel
Faculty Scholarship
On October 26, 2012, the University of Akron School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property and Technology hosted its Sixth Annual IP Scholars Forum. In attendance were thirteen legal scholars with expertise and an interest in IP and public health who met to discuss problems and potential solutions at the intersection of these fields. This report summarizes this discussion by describing the problems raised, areas of agreement and disagreement between the participants, suggestions and solutions made by participants and the subsequent evaluations of these suggestions and solutions. Led by the moderator, participants at the Forum focused generally on three broad …
Just Say No: The Case Against The Reclassification Of Buprenorphine, Ameet Sarpatwari
Just Say No: The Case Against The Reclassification Of Buprenorphine, Ameet Sarpatwari
University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class
No abstract provided.
Keeping Prevention In The Crosshairs: A Better Hiv Exposure Law For Maryland, Sara Klemm
Keeping Prevention In The Crosshairs: A Better Hiv Exposure Law For Maryland, Sara Klemm
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Symposium - "Safer" Tobacco Products: Reducing Harm Or Giving False Hope? Introduction, Kathleen Hoke Dachille, Jacqueline M. Mcnamara
Symposium - "Safer" Tobacco Products: Reducing Harm Or Giving False Hope? Introduction, Kathleen Hoke Dachille, Jacqueline M. Mcnamara
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Tobacco Litigation Without The Smoke? Cigarette Companies In The Smokeless Tobacco Industry, Micah L. Berman
Tobacco Litigation Without The Smoke? Cigarette Companies In The Smokeless Tobacco Industry, Micah L. Berman
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Public Health And Constitutional Law: Recognizing The Relationship, Wendy E. Parmet
Public Health And Constitutional Law: Recognizing The Relationship, Wendy E. Parmet
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Epidemiology 101: An Overview Of Epidemiology And Its Relevance To U.S. Law, Richard A. Goodman
Epidemiology 101: An Overview Of Epidemiology And Its Relevance To U.S. Law, Richard A. Goodman
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Beyond Compensation: Using Torts To Promote Public Health, Elizabeth A. Weeks
Beyond Compensation: Using Torts To Promote Public Health, Elizabeth A. Weeks
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Informed Consent And Public Health: Are They Compatible When It Comes To Vaccines?, Wendy E. Parmet
Informed Consent And Public Health: Are They Compatible When It Comes To Vaccines?, Wendy E. Parmet
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Aids And Adolescents, Rhonda Gay Hartman
Aids And Adolescents, Rhonda Gay Hartman
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Tobacco Wars And The New Minority, Donald W. Garner
Tobacco Wars And The New Minority, Donald W. Garner
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
An Environmental History Of Fairfield/Wagner Point, Philip Diamond
An Environmental History Of Fairfield/Wagner Point, Philip Diamond
Legal History Publications
This paper traces the history of the Fairfield/Wagner Point peninsula from the beginning of the European settlement to the present, observing the ambitions and dreams of developers and industrial entrepeneurs, the significant contribution the area made to our nation's wartime production in World War II, the rise and fall of the tight-knit workers' communities, the struggles of outside activists and community leaders to better the living conditions of these neighborhoods, and the environmental devastation of the area followed by the attempt to redevelop the area with “green" industry. A 'central strand in this complex and contradictory story will be the …