Monographs from the International Agency for Research on Cancer

2 Monographs from the International Agency for Research on Cancer 

VOLUME 71 [RE-EVAIUATION OF SOME ORGANIC CHEMICALS, HYDRAZINE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE [PART ONE) 

FIGURE 3.3 Examples of an lARC monograph published by the WHO s International Agency for Research on Cancer (lARC). 

Interdisciplinary working groups of expert scientists review the published studies and evaluate the weight of the evidence that an agent can increase the risk of cancer. The principles, procedures, and scientific criteria that guide the evaluations are described in the preamble to the lARC monographs. 

Each monograph reviews all pertinent epidemiological studies and cancer bioassays in experimental animals. Mechanistic and other relevant data are also reviewed. With regard to epidemiological studies, cancer bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data, only reports that have been published or accepted for publication in the openly available scientific literature are reviewed. Data from government agency reports that are publicly available are also considered. 

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