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Epidemiology of Mycotoxin-Related Disease

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Human and Animal Relationships

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Abstract

Many human diseases have been suggested to result from exposure to mycotoxins. For the majority of such diseases, however, the epidemiological data establishing a causal link between exposure and disease are lacking. The purpose of this chapter is to review data associating specific mycotoxin exposures with human mycotoxicoses and to suggest avenues of research which could improve the understanding of mycotoxin-related disease. In particular, we discuss the possibility of improving measurements of mycotoxin exposure and discuss strategies for future epidemiological research on this topic. The epidemiological data are considered in relation to the causal criteria of Hill (1965).

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  2. Communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, 7 Keppel Street, London, WC1 7HT, UK

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Wild, C.P., Hall, A.J. (1996). Epidemiology of Mycotoxin-Related Disease. In: Howard, D.H., Miller, J.D. (eds) Human and Animal Relationships. The Mycota, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10373-9_11

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