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Carcinogens

Known as: Cancer Causing Agents, Chemical Carcinogen, Carcinogen 
Any chemical, biological or physical agents that increase the risk of neoplasms in humans or animals. Carcinogens include natural or synthesized… 
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1-nitronaphthalene2,4-diaminotoluene2-Acetylaminofluorene2-cyanoethylene oxide
Aminobiphenyl CompoundsBenzidinesDioxinsMutagens

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The global burden of disease due to occupational carcinogens.
BACKGROUND The worldwide mortality and morbidity from lung cancer, leukemia, and malignant mesothelioma arising from occupational… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Effects of dietary folate on intestinal tumorigenesis in the apcMin mouse.
Review
1997
Review
1997
The carcinogenicity of metals in humans
Epidemiologic evidence on the relation between exposure to metals and cancer is reviewed. Human exposure to metals is common… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Antimutagens as cancer chemopreventive agents in the diet.
Review
1992
Review
1992
The liver as a stem cell and lineage system.
We propose that the liver is a stem cell and lineage system with many parallels to lineages in the bone marrow, gut, and… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Antimutagenicity profiles for some model compounds.
Review
1978
Review
1978
Inhibitors of chemical carcinogenesis.
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Metabolism of benzo(a)pyrene and benzo (a)pyrene derivatives to mutagenic products by highly purified hepatic microsomal enzymes.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Cytological detection of mutagen–carcinogen exposure by sister chromatid exchange
A staining technique that detects sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) has been used to examine the response of chromosomes in… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
A quantitative system for assay of malignant transformation by chemical carcinogens using a clone derived from BALB/3T3
A31–714, a subclone isolated from clone A31 of the BALB/3T3 line showed a high degree of contact inhibition and an extremely low… 
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