Pesticide residues in food: Investigation of disparities in cancer risk estimates

Cancer Letters

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-207

  Gold, Lois Swirsky ^a,b   Stern, Bonnie R ^a,d   Slone, Thomas H ^a,b   Brown, Joseph P ^c   Manley, Neela B ^b   Ames, Bruce N ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c California Environ Protect A   (United States)

^d Office of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Carcinogenic potency; Exposure assessment; Pesticide residues; Setting priorities

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0342684429     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)83168-0     Document Type: Article

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