International Agency for Research on Cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; ) is an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations.
Its role is to conduct and coordinate research into the causes of cancer. It also collects and publishes surveillance data regarding the occurrence of cancer worldwide.Its IARC monographs programme identifies carcinogenic hazards and evaluates environmental causes of cancer in humans.
IARC has its own governing council, and in 1965 the first members were West Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Today, IARC's membership has grown to 29 countries. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Isabelle Romieu, Laure Dossus, Simón Barquera, Hervé M. Blottière, Paul W. Franks, Marc Gunter, Nahla Hwalla, Stephen D. Hursting, Michael Leitzmann, Barrie Margetts, Chizuru Nishida, Nancy Potischman, Jacob Seidell, Magdalena Stepien, Youfa Wang, Klaas Westerterp, Pattanee Winichagoon, Martin Wiseman, Walter C. Willett
Published 2018
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