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carcinogen

substance, radionuclide, or radiation directly involved in causing cancer
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carcinogen

Summary

carcinogen is a risk source[1]. carcinogen draws 648 Wikipedia views per month (risk_source category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • carcinogen's instance of is recorded as risk source[3].
  • carcinogen is a type of causes of cancer[4].
  • carcinogen is a type of substance[5].
  • carcinogen is a type of noxa[6].
  • carcinogen's Commons category is recorded as Carcinogens[7].
  • carcinogen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcinogens[8].
  • carcinogen's topic has template is recorded as Template:Carcinogens[9].
  • carcinogen's has effect is recorded as tumor[10].
  • carcinogen's has effect is recorded as neoplasm[11].
  • carcinogen's has effect is recorded as carcinogenesis[12].
  • carcinogen's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as safe handling of carcinogens[13].
  • carcinogen's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as cancer prevention[14].

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Definition and Type

carcinogen's instance of is recorded as risk source[3]. Recorded subclass of include causes of cancer[4], substance[5], and noxa[6].

Why It Matters

carcinogen draws 648 Wikipedia views per month (risk_source category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] carcinogen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] carcinogen is known by 128 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

carcinogenesis

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . osha.gov. osha.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . aacr.org. aacr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Carcinogens
    Topic's main category → Category:Carcinogens
    Instance of → —
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → safe handling of carcinogens, cancer prevention
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2533, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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