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- Homburger, F. (Freddy)
- Homburger, Freddy, 1916-2001
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
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Birth Date
- 1916-02-08
Death Date
- 2001-09-25
Birth Place
- Saint Gall (Switzerland)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Author's The physiopathology of cancer, 1953.
- found: Internat. Conf. on Safety Eval. and Reg. of Chemicals (2nd : 1983 : Cambridge, Mass.). Safety eval. and reg. of chemicals 2, 1985:t.p. (F. Homburger, Cambridge, Mass.)
- found: Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1916; M.D.)
- found: Wikipedia, June 15, 2020(Freddy Homburger; Freddy Homburger (born 8 February 1916 in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland; died 25 September 2001 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a Swiss-born oncologist; in 1973, Homburger was studying the cause of cancer and its relation with cigarette smoking; he succeeded in inducing laryngeal cancer in hamsters who smoked; however, the Council for Tobacco Research, which was underwriting his research, forbid him to publish his research results as long as he referred to the growths as "cancerous," and threatened to ruin him financially; Homburger, and his suppressed research, gained prominence in 1997 in tobacco-related lawsuits)
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Change Notes
- 1980-07-18: new
- 2023-08-29: revised
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