Aflatoxin contamination of red chili pepper from bolivia and peru, countries with high gallbladder cancer incidence rates

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5167-5170

  Asai, Takao ^a   Tsuchiya, Yasuo ^a   Okano, Kiyoshi ^b   Piscoya, Alejandro ^c   Nishi, Carlos Yoshito ^d   Ikoma, Toshikazu ^a   Oyama, Tomizo ^a   Ikegami, Kikuo ^a   Yamamoto, Masaharu ^e  

^a Department of Clinical Engineering and Medical Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b Mycotoxin Research Association   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA DE CIENCIAS APLICADAS   (Peru)

^d Hospital San Francisco de Asis   (Bolivia)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumption of food contaminated with aflatoxins; Gallbladder cancer; HPLC; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874008524     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.10.5167     Document Type: Article

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