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Title: Improving public health through mycotoxin control

Author
item PITT, JOHN - Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
item WILD, CHRISTOPHER - International Agency For Research On Cancer
item GELDERBLOM, WENTZEL C.A. - South African Medical Research Council
item MILLER, J. DAVID - Carleton University - Canada
item Riley, Ronald
item WU, FELICIA - University Of Pittsburgh
item BANN, ROBERT - International Agency For Research On Cancer

Submitted to: World Health Organization
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/12/2012
Publication Date: 12/12/2012
Citation: Pitt, J.I., Wild, C.P., Gelderblom, W., Miller, J., Riley, R.T., Wu, F., Bann, R.A. 2012. Improving public health through mycotoxin control. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Publication No. 158. 162 p.

Interpretive Summary: This book from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of the World Health Organization, aims to sensitize the international community to the mycotoxin problem in a format which is accessible to a wide audience and is useful to decision-makers across a broad spectrum of disciplines including agriculture, public health, marketing, and economics. The editors hope that this book will be a stimulus to governments, non-governmental and international organizations as well as the private sector to initiate measures designed to minimize mycotoxin exposure in high risk populations. The book provides a scientific description of the occurrence and effects of mycotoxins but goes further in outlining approaches to reduce mycotoxin exposure with the likely outcome being an improvement in public health in developing countries.

Technical Abstract: This book from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a part of the World Health Organization, aims to sensitize the international community to the mycotoxin problem in a format which is accessible to a wide audience and is useful to decision-makers across a broad spectrum of disciplines including agriculture, public health, marketing, and economics. The editors hope that this book will be a stimulus to governments, non-governmental and international organizations as well as the private sector to initiate measures designed to minimize mycotoxin exposure in high risk populations. The book provides a scientific description of the occurrence and effects of mycotoxins but goes further in outlining approaches to reduce mycotoxin exposure with the likely outcome being an improvement in public health in developing countries.