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Global Burden of Aflatoxin-Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Risk Assessment

BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with prevalence 16–32 times higher in developing countries than in developed countries. Aflatoxin, a contaminant produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus in...

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Autores principales: Liu, Yan, Wu, Felicia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20172840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901388