Tomatis L
International Agency on Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
Int J Cancer. 1995 Jul 17;62(2):121-5. doi: 10.1002/ijc.2910620202.
In spite of the many attempts made at various periods of human history to arrive at an equalitarian society by reducing differences between the rich and the poor and by redistributing wealth, social inequalities have not disappeared and even seem to be increasing worldwide. Inequalities in health represent some of the social inequalities present in our society and are one of their most convincing indices. In industrialized countries, it has been consistently shown that total incidence of and mortality from cancer are higher in less favored socioeconomic groups, mainly due to increased rates at certain sites. The differences observed between socioeconomic groups within industrialized countries are similar, although not identical, to those prevailing between industrialized and developing countries. Occupational risks are becoming a very serious problem in developing countries, largely as a consequence of the transfer of hazardous industries from highly industrialized countries where certain industries are judged to be unacceptable. A similar double standard is applied toward tobacco advertising and sales in the industrialized and developing countries.
尽管在人类历史的不同时期人们多次尝试通过缩小贫富差距和重新分配财富来建立一个平等主义社会，但社会不平等现象并未消失，甚至在全球范围内似乎还在加剧。健康方面的不平等体现了我们社会中存在的一些社会不平等现象，并且是其中最具说服力的指标之一。在工业化国家，一直有研究表明，社会经济地位较低的群体中癌症的总发病率和死亡率更高，主要是因为某些部位的发病率上升。工业化国家内部不同社会经济群体之间观察到的差异，与工业化国家和发展中国家之间普遍存在的差异相似，尽管并不完全相同。职业风险在发展中国家正成为一个非常严重的问题，这在很大程度上是由于危险产业从高度工业化国家转移而来，在这些国家某些产业被认为是不可接受的。在工业化国家和发展中国家，对烟草广告和销售也采用了类似的双重标准。
