Aflatoxin and viral hepatitis exposures in Guatemala: Molecular biomarkers reveal a unique profile of risk factors in a region of high liver cancer incidence.
Liver cancer is an emerging global health issue, with rising incidence in both the United States and the economically developing world. Although Guatemala experiences the highest rates of this disease in the Western hemisphere and a unique 1:1 distribution in men and women, few studies have focused...
Main Authors: | Joshua W Smith, Maria F Kroker-Lobos, Mariana Lazo, Alvaro Rivera-Andrade, Patricia A Egner, Heiner Wedemeyer, Olga Torres, Neal D Freedman, Katherine A McGlynn, Eliseo Guallar, John D Groopman, Manuel Ramirez-Zea |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5728519?pdf=render |
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