International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2018 Objective: Foetuses and neonates of women who use tobacco are exposed to nicotine and tobacco-derived carcinogens. We determined the relationship between urine biomarkers of tobacco toxicant exposure postpartum and in the neonates of Alaska Native (AN ...
Neal L. Benowitz +10 more
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Mutations in pathways depending on BRCA1 and BRCA2 may increase cancer risks from an environmental carcinogen [PDF]
, 2011 Recently, the President’s Cancer Panel [2008-2009] protested that preventive action is not taken when uncertainty exists about potential harm from a chemical, because the US regulatory approach demands that a hazard be incontrovertibly ...
Bernard Friedenson
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Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead. [PDF]
, 2015 Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide, but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggest that the fraction of cancers ...
Ab Hamid, Hasiah +173 more
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Supervised mutational signatures for obesity and other tissue-specific etiological factors in cancer
eLife, 2021 Determining the etiologic basis of the mutations that are responsible for cancer is one of the fundamental challenges in modern cancer research. Different mutational processes induce different types of DNA mutations, providing ‘mutational signatures ...
Bahman Afsari +12 more
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Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2022 Risk associated with the presence of mycotoxins (aflatoxins and ochratoxin A) in foodstuffs: the case of fermented fish (adjuevan) marketed in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) Description of the subject.
Kouakou Gains Kpan Kpan +3 more
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Health effects of exposure to radon: implications of the radon bed mattress incident in Korea [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2019 Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive material formed by the slow decay of uranium and thorium found in the earth’s crust or construction materials. Internal exposure to radon accounts for about half of the natural background radiation dose to which
Songwon Seo +6 more
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Preventing hereditary cancers caused by opportunistic carcinogens [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives Previous studies reported inherited BRCA1/2 deficits appear to cause cancer by impairing normal protective responses to some carcinogens.
Bernard Friedenson
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Scientific Ignorance and Reliable Patterns of Evidence in Toxic Tort Causation: Is There a Need for Liability Reform? [PDF]
, 2001 As a first step to preserving the central aims of tort law, courts will need to recognize the wide variety of respectable, reliable patterns of evidence on which scientists themselves rely for drawing inferences about the toxicity of substances.
Cranor, Carl F., Eastmond, David A.
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Review of selected methods for estimating risk from occupational exposure to carcinogenic substances
Medycyna PracyAssessing the expected level of cancer risk associated with occupational exposure to chemical substances is extremely important, as it forms the basis for the proper and safe organization of work in a company.
Małgorzata Kupczewska-Dobecka +2 more
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Mouse models of colorectal cancer. [PDF]
, 2011 Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the world. Many mouse models have been developed to evaluate features of colorectal cancer in humans. These can be grouped into genetically-engineered, chemically-induced, and inoculated models.
Koeffler, H Phillip +2 more
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