Aflatoxin and PAH exposure biomarkers in a U.S. population with a high incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6027-6031

  Johnson, Natalie M ^a   Qian, Guoqing ^b   Xu, Li ^b   Tietze, Danielle ^a   Marroquin Cardona, Alicia ^a   Robinson, Abraham ^a   Rodriguez, Melanie ^c   Kaufman, Linda ^c   Cunningham, Kyle ^c   Wittmer, James ^c   Guerra, Fernando ^c   Donnelly, Kirby C ^a   Williams, Jonathan H ^d   Wang, Jia Sheng ^b   Phillips, Timothy D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c San Antonio Metropolitan Health District   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin; Biomarkers of exposure; Biomonitoring; Food safety; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; FOOD SAFETY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS;

AFLATOXINS; AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; HEALTH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; VIRUSES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; AFLATOXIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FOOD SAFETY; HEPATITIS; LATINO PEOPLE; PAH; TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEANUT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFLATOXIN B1; AFLATOXINS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CREATININE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYSINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77958109898     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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