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Table 1 International Agency for Research on Cancer classification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons used in this study

From: Role of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as a co-factor in human papillomavirus-mediated carcinogenesis

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

IARC Groupa

Acenaphthene

3

Acenaphthylene

N/A

Anthracene

3

Benz[a]anthracene

2B

Benzo[a]pyrene

1

Benzo[e]pyrene

3

Benzo[b]fluoranthene

2B

Benzo[ghi]perylene

3

Benzo[j]fluoranthene

2B

Benzo[k]fluoranthene

2B

Chrysene

2B

Dibenz[a,h]anthracene

2A

Fluoranthene

3

Fluorene

3

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene

2B

Phenanthrene

3

Pyrene

3

  1. aIARC group 1, carcinogenic; group 2A, probably carcinogenic; group 2B, possibly carcinogenic; group 3, not classifiable; N/A, no information from IARC [5]. IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer