On the need to assess cancer risk in populations environmentally and occupationally exposed to virus and chemical agents in developing countries

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ID5226617
AuthorsGabriela Figueiredo Netto (0000-0002-8861-8897, Tulane University, corresponding author), Guilherme Franco Netto (Tulane University, USA; Fundação Nacional de Saúde, Brazil)
Year1998
Volume14
Issuesuppl 3
PagesS87-S98
Publication date1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x1998000700009
PMID9819467
OpenAlexW2012699915
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X1998000700009
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited43

Evidence exists that exposure to poultry oncogenic viruses may produce elevated cancer mortality in human populations, particularly excesses of cancer of lung and excesses of cancer of lymphopoietic tissues. To date, this potential risk is unknown in populations from the developing countries. This paper suggests the need to assess cancer risk in populations of developing countries with reported environmental exposure to chicken meat products and eggs; the need to assess risk of cancer in populations inoculated with vaccines from infected chicken embryos; and the need to assess risk of cancer in occupational populations highly exposed to poultry oncogenic viruses, and with potential concurrent exposure to chemical agents known or suspected to be carcinogens

Biology · Cancer · Carcinogen · Developed country · Developing country · Environmental health · Lung cancer · Pathology · Population · Risk assessment · Ecology · Genetics · Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes · Virus-based gene therapy research

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