title: Medical officers of health, gender and government responses to the problem of cancer in Britain, 1900-1940.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter , Amory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melling
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dale
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000266:history*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000266:history / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000266:history; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000266:history; D006078:Government Programs / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D006291:Health Policy / Q000266:history*; D006296:Health Services / Q000266:history; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007219:Industrial Oils / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000266:history; D012611:Scrotum; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013783:Textile Industry; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology