A pilot survey for Fusarium mycotoxin biomarkers in women from Golestan, Northern Iran

World Mycotoxin Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-199

  Turner, P C ^a,b   Gong, Y Y ^b   Pourshams, A ^c   Jafari, E ^d   Routledge, M N ^b   Malekzadeh, R ^c   Wild, C P ^d   Boffetta, P ^e,f   Islami, F ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

biomarkers; deoxynivalenol; fumonisin; Golestan; oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUMONISIN B1; MYCOTOXIN; VOMITOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FUSARIUM; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URINE LEVEL;

FUSARIUM;

EID: 84861500282     PISSN: 18750710     EISSN: 18750796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/WMJ2011.1337     Document Type: Review

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