IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention
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IARC Handbooks of Cancer Prevention, Volume 7: Breast Cancer Screening
The latest publication in the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) series of Handbooks of Cancer Prevention is focused on breast cancer screening. The monograph is the outcome of a weeklong meeting of the Working Group on the Evaluation of Cancer-Preventive Strategies that took place in Lyon, France, March 5–12, 2002. The decision to produce a handbook on breast cancer screening...
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46 2.2.3.3 Use and application Canthaxanthin (ECI61g) is approved for use as a food additive in the European Community but only for the colouring of Strasbourg sausages to a level of 15 mg/kg (Klepsch & Baltas, 1994). The predominant uses of canthaxanthin are in feed for laying hens, in order to colour egg yolks, in broiler production and in salmon and trout farming. Canthaxanthin has been mark...
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