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Benzo(a)pyrene

"Benzo(a)pyrene" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A potent mutagen and carcinogen. It is a public health concern because of its possible effects on industrial workers, as an environmental pollutant, an as a component of tobacco smoke.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Benzo(a)pyrene" by people in this website by year, and whether "Benzo(a)pyrene" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 4 publications over 4 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1994 and 2007 and 2009 and 2015
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