Lung Cancer Mortality and Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Case-Cohort Study of Aluminum Production Workers in Arvida, Quebec, Canada

The authors report the results of a case-cohort study of 338 lung cancer deaths in 1950-1988 and a random sample (sub-cohort) of 1,138 from among 16,297 men who had worked…

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Arsenic Increased Lipid Peroxidation in Rat Tissues by a Mechanism Independent of Glutathione Levels

The role of lipid peroxidation in the mechanism of arsenic toxicity was investigated in female rats pretreated with N-acetylcysteine (NAC, a glutathione [GSH] inducer) or with buthionine sulfoximine (BSO, a…

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