Download or read book Human Ochratoxicosis and Its Pathologies written by Eric Edmond Creppy and published by John Libbey Eurotext. This book was released on 1993 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the various mycotoxins affecting man, OTA -- involved in the renal disease endemic in the Balkans -- is thought by the International Cancer Research Centre (ICRC) to be a potential carcinogen. The question facing the international ochratoxin-A specialists was whether endemic renal disease in the Balkans was still restricted to this geographical region. A careful study of human ochratoxicosis and other possibly associated pathologies in under-developed countries could enable future developments of the problems to be forecast in other parts of the globe and hence allow means of preventive action to be sought.