title: Cancer control and public health in Missouri: a time for action.
abstract: National reports on cancer mortality now show that most cancer deaths are preventable. The recent national focus on prevention of such chronic diseases may indicate that public health departments need to consider a shift in emphasis from infectious to chronic disease control.
authors.affiliation: Bureau of Smoking, Tobacco and Cancer, Missouri Department of Health, Columbia 65203.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Brownson
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Simms
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008923:Missouri; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D011635:Public Health Administration