IARC Monographs: 40 Years of Evaluating Carcinogenic Hazards to Humans

Authors :: Fenske, Richard A.
Brownson, Ross C.
Christiani, David C.
Beland, Frederick A.
Comba, Pietro
Bucher, John R.
Engel, Lawrence S.
Ahrens, Wolfgang
Dement, John M.
Blair, Aaron
Cherrie, John W.
Douwes, Jeroen
Baccarelli, Andrea A.
Armstrong, Bruce K.
Coggon, David
Fontham, Elizabeth
Birnbaum, Linda S.
Fleming, Lora E.
Eisen, Ellen A.
Fletcher, Tony
Berrington, Amy
Frentzel-Beyme, Rainer
Cardis, Elisabeth
Cocco, Pierluigi
Andersen, Aage
Cantor, Kenneth P.
Anto, Josep Maria
Forastiere, Francesco
Pearce, Neil E.
Bertazzi, Pier Alberto
Vineis, Paolo
Demers, Paul A.
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries, 2015.
Abstract: Background: Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Programme for the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans has been criticized for several of its evaluations, and also for the approach used to perform these evaluations. Some critics have claimed that failures of IARC Working Groups to recognize study weaknesses and biases of Working Group members have led to inappropriate classification of a number of agents as carcinogenic to humans.

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