Aflatoxins & Human Health

Ivana Dvorackova

Mycotoxins and Human Diseases. History of Diseases Due to Mycotoxins in Man. Aflatoxins. Effects of Aflatoxin on Man. Aflatoxin and Reye's Syndrome. History of Reye's Syndrome. A Follow-Up Study of Reye's Syndrome in Czechoslovakia. Reye's Syndrome in the Years 1958-1970. A 15-Year Study of Reye's Syndrome in Relationship with Aflatoxin, 1972-1986. Reye's Syndrome with Chronic Liver Damage. Reye's Syndrome in the Newborns. Experimental Models of Reye's Syndrome. Carcinogenic Effect of Aflatoxin on Man. Primary Liver Cancer in the Third World Countries. Primary Liver Cancer in the Western Countries. Case Control Study of Liver Cancer in Czechoslovakia. Potential Professional Risk Due to Aflatoxin Exposure Via the Respiratory Route. Aflatoxin in Respirable Dust Particles. Aflatoxin in Lung Tissue of Exposed Workers. Conclusion.