Aflatoxins, hepatocellular carcinoma and public health

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1508-1512

  Magnussen, Arvin ^a   Parsi, Mansour A ^b  

^a Sandefjord High School   (Norway)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aflatoxins; Environmental health; Food safety; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Public health

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; PROTEIN P53; VIRUS VACCINE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; CARCINOGENESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DROUGHT STRESS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FUNGAL STRAIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KWASHIORKOR; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 84875353456     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i10.1508     Document Type: Editorial

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