Food contaminants capable of causing cancer, pulmonary hypertension and cirrhosis

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 73-74

  Edgar, John A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2; DIHYDROPYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DNA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEOPLASMS; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84893309850     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10227     Document Type: Note

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