Estimation of risk of developing bladder cancer among workers exposed to coal tar pitch volatiles in the primary aluminum industry.

To confirm the relationship between exposure to coal tar pitch volatiles and bladder cancer among primary aluminum production workers, we carried out a case-control study among blue-collar workers who had…

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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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