Nitrosamines and gastric cancer

Schmähl, D.

Acta Hepato-Gastroenterologica 25(5): 333-334

1978


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-970X
PMID: 726799
Document Number: 135878
Etiology of human gastric cancer caused by ingestion of nitrosamines, based on extrapolation of animal studies is questioned. Studies investigating dietary habits and epidemiological incidence are cited as less than convincing hypothetical evidence. A carcinogenic mechanism of gastric mucosal interaction with nitrosamines is suggested.

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