Opium consumption

Opium consumption

This volume of the IARC Monographs provides an evaluation of the carcinogenicity of opium consumption. Opium is a highly addictive narcotic drug that has been used for centuries for medicinal and non-medicinal purposes. It has analgesic, hypnotic, antitussive, gastrointestinal, and cognitive effects...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: International Agency for Research on Cancer (author)
Autor Corporativo: International Agency for Research on Cancer, author, issuing body (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lyon, France : International Agency for Research on Cancer 2021.
Colección:IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans ; volume 126.
Materias:
Carcinogens.
Chemical carcinogenesis.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Library Cataloguing Data
  • Note to the Reader
  • List of Participants
  • Preamble
  • General Remarks
  • 1. Exposure Characterization
  • 1.1. Identification of the agent
  • 1.2. Methods of measurement, detection, and analysis
  • 1.3. Production
  • 1.4. Use and consumption
  • 1.5. Regulation and legislation
  • 1.6. Quality of exposure assessment in key epidemiological studies of cancer and mechanistic studies in humans
  • References
  • 2. Cancer in Humans
  • 2.1. Cancer of the oesophagus
  • 2.2. Cancer of the urinary bladder
  • 2.3. Cancers of the respiratory tract
  • 2.4. Cancer and preneoplastic lesions of the stomach
  • 2.5. Other cancers
  • 2.6. Evidence synthesis for cancer in humans
  • References
  • 3. Cancer in Experimental Animals
  • 3.1. Mouse
  • 3.2. Rat
  • 3.3. Hamster
  • 3.4. Evidence synthesis for cancer in experimental animals
  • References
  • 4. Mechanistic Evidence
  • 4.1. Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion
  • 4.2. Evidence relevant to key characteristics of carcinogens
  • References
  • 5. Summary of Data Reported
  • 5.1. Exposure characterization
  • 5.2. Cancer in humans
  • 5.3. Cancer in experimental animals
  • 5.4. Mechanistic evidence
  • 6. Evaluation and Rationale
  • 6.1. Cancer in humans
  • 6.2. Cancer in experimental animals
  • 6.3. Mechanistic evidence
  • 6.4. Overall evaluation
  • 6.5. Rationale
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Annex 1 Supplementary material for Section 1, Exposure characterization
  • Annex 2. Methodological considerations for epidemiological studies on opium consumption and cancer.

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