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Resumen
En este artículo se analizan los principales problemas que plantea la investigacion de un conglomerado de casos de cáncer, especialmente en referencia a percepción y comunicación de los riesgos a la población. Se revisan las necesidades de información de la población y la manera de proporcionar la información relacionada con la exposición a riesgo ambientales, así como la relación con los medios de comunicación. Finalmente, se discuten las implicaciones que para la investigación epidemiológica y para la salud pública tiene la percepción del riesgo.
Palabras clave:
Cáncer
Conglomerado
Percepción del riesgo
Comunicación
Summary
This paper analyzes the main problems in the research on cancer clusters, with a specific emphasis on the population perception and risk communication. Population information needs and the approach to give information to the population regardind environmental risks are reviewed, as well as the relationship with mass media. Finally, the implications of risk perception for epidemiologic research on clusters and for public health are discussed.
Key words:
Cancer
Cluster
Risk perception
Communication
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