A Survey of Residual Cancer Risks Permitted by Health, Safety and Environmental Policy [PDF]
, 1995 The authors describe permitted U.S. residual cancer risks, focusing on numerical levels specifically and implicitly authorized by statute or regulation.
Graham, John D., Sadowitz, March
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Carcinogenesis Associated with Toxin Nephropathy: Proposed Mediation by Phosphate Toxicity
CellsAlthough cancer is often considered a genetic disease, genotoxic damage to nuclear DNA caused by carcinogens is not always sufficient to stimulate cancer cell growth, suggesting that other etiological factors are involved.
Ronald B. Brown, John G. Mielke
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Summary of Workshop to Review an OMB Report on Regulatory Risk Assessment and Management [PDF]
, 1992 Summary of the results of an invitational workshop conducted to peer review the 1990 OMB report, CURRENT REGULATORY ISSUES IN Risk ASSESSMENT AND Risk MANAGENMENTIN REGULATORY PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, APRIL 1, 1990 - MARCH 31 ...
Evans, John S. +3 more
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The effects of cigarette smoking extracts on cell cycle and tumor spread: novel evidence
Future Science OA, 2019 Cigarette smoking is a major preventable risk factor for lung cancer, contributing to lung cancer progression and metastasis. Moreover, cigarette smoking correlates with increased metastasis frequency of pancreatic, breast and bladder cancer.
Aldo Pezzuto +3 more
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Extremely high Tp53 mutation load in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Golestan Province, Iran. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Golestan Province in northeastern Iran has one of the highest incidences of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in the world with rates over 50 per 100,000 person-years in both sexes. We have analyzed TP53 mutation patterns in tumors from this high-
Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani +16 more
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Estimating past inhalation exposure to asbestos: a tool for risk attribution and disease screening [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Late presentation is common in mesothelioma. Reliable assessment of past exposure to asbestos is a necessary first step for risk attribution and for the development of a future screening programme. Such a programme could maximise access
Blyth, Kevin G. +2 more
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Rare malignancies in Eastern India, socio-economic impact
Rare Tumors, 2016 The etiology of cancer is multifactorial. Various factors, including physical carcinogens, chemicals and viral carcinogens affect patients with known predisposing factors who subsequently develop malignancies. Here is a retrospective study of 18 patients
Surendra Senapati +3 more
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Health Hazard Manual For Cutting Oils, Coolants, and Metalworking Fluids [PDF]
, 1991 [Excerpt] The metalworker can be exposed to cutting oils during application by two basic routes of entry: skin contact and inhalation. The higher risk jobs tend to be those with high cutting speeds, heavy oil flow, and continuous contact, which may ...
Brown, Nellie J
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Cell transformation assays for prediction of carcinogenic potential: State of the science and future research needs [PDF]
, 2011 Copyright @ 2011 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use ...
A. D. Scott +65 more
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Environmental Toxicology: The legacy of Silent Spring [PDF]
, 2004 The transcript of a Witness Seminar held by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, London, London, on 12 March 2002. First published by the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2004.©The Trustee of the Wellcome
Christie, DA, Tansey, EM
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