Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal belonging to the group of the main chemical pollutants of
the natural and occupational environment in economically developed countries. The …

Objective: Risk factors of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) have been linked with diets, life
style and viral infections. NPC is more rampant in Asian populations than non-Asian …

Abstract The European Commission asked EFSA to update its 2009 risk assessment on
arsenic in food carrying out a hazard assessment of inorganic arsenic (iAs) and using the …

DNA damage response (DDR) is a regulatory system responsible for maintaining genome
integrity and stability, which can sense and transduce DNA damage signals. The severity of …

Heavy metals and arsenic are well-known carcinogens. However, few studies have
examined whether soil heavy metals and arsenic concentrations associate with cancer in …

Cadmium is a ubiquitous carcinogenic pollutant with multiple biological effects. Both
observational and experimental studies have suggested associations between cadmium …

METHODS A search for articles was carried out in October 2017 and then cross-checked at
the end of June 2018 using Medline, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases …

Background Sfax is a very industrialized city located in the southern region of Tunisia where
heavy metals (HMs) pollution is now an established matter of fact. The health of its residents …

Background Alcohol consumption is increasing all over the world, but whether it is an
independent factor affecting the occurrence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is …

Cadmium (Cd) is a widespread environmental pollutant. A number of observational studies
have reported that Cd might be a cause of nasopharyngeal (NPC), pharyngeal (PC), or …