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Evidence for aflatoxin B1 in two cases of lung cancer in man

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The presence of aflatoxin B1 has been demonstrated in two cases of pulmonary cancers both by thin-layer chromatography and fluorescence microscopy.

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  1. Faculté de Médicine, Inserm Fra 12, F-06034, Nice Cédex, France

    C. Stora & N. Ayraud

  2. Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty of Charles University, Hradec Kralové, CSSR

    I. Dvorackova

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Dvorackova, I., Stora, C. & Ayraud, N. Evidence for aflatoxin B1 in two cases of lung cancer in man. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 100, 221–224 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403368

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