Document headingExposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with special focus on cancer
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Peer reviewer
Dr. Ramalingam Mahesh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Metabolic Diseases Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, 26, Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-701, South Korea. Tel: +82-10-2769-1978, +82-2-961-0869, E-mail: [email protected]
Co-reviewer: Kalayarasan Srinivasan, Dallas, USA.
Comments
This review is a valuable work in which authors have explained the sources and the emissions of PAHs. PAHs and their epoxides emission create cancer and other adverse effects to living organisms. Authors have explained that PAHs is toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic. It is urged to develop strategies aimed to minimizing the content of PAHs in environment.
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Foundation Project: Supported by UGC-Non net plan (Grant No. No:co/Tara/UGC-Non-Net/UGC-XII Plan/Pharamacology&ET/2014/706 dated 28th march 2014).
Available online 30 Jan 2015