Simple theoretical criterion of chemical carcinogenicity - a refutation.
1979
D H Rosenblatt, and
J C Dacre
The quasi-valence number criterion for chemical carcinogenicity has been shown, through several examples, to be untenable.
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D002273
Carcinogens
Substances that increase the risk of NEOPLASMS in humans or animals. Both genotoxic chemicals, which affect DNA directly, and nongenotoxic chemicals, which induce neoplasms by other mechanism, are included.
The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups.