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International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

Also: IARC

The World Health Organization agency that evaluates and classifies the carcinogenicity of substances and exposures.

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In the literature

  1. Marques Carcinogenicity of acrolein, crotonaldehyde, and arecoline (2021). The Lancet. Oncology. doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30727-0 CKB 0702
  2. Nie Overview of historical formaldehyde occupational exposure in China (2025). Ann Work Expo Health. doi:10.1093/annweh/wxaf037 CKB 1177
  3. Beauty salon technicians’ exposure to formaldehyde, benzene and acetaldehyde in Gonabad City (2025). Sci Rep. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-24246-7 CKB 1180

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