Dietary mycotoxins, co-exposure, and carcinogenesis in humans: Short review

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 766, Issue , 2015, Pages 32-41

  De Ruyck, Karl ^a   De Boevre, Marthe ^a   Huybrechts, Inge ^b   De Saeger, Sarah ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Colorectal cancer; Hepatocellular cancer; Mycotoxin carcinogenicity; Mycotoxin co exposure; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

ERGOT ALKALOID; FUMONISIN; HT 2 TOXIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; MYCOTOXIN; OCHRATOXIN; PATULIN; T 2 TOXIN; VOMITOXIN; ZEARALENONE; POISON;

ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIETARY INTAKE; FUSARIUM CULMORUM; FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NEOPLASM;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; NEOPLASMS; POISONS;

EID: 84947611266     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: 13882139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2015.07.003     Document Type: Review

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