Daily Archives: February 5, 2010

Occupational Exposure to Lead Compounds and Risk of Cancer among Men: A Population-based Case-Control Study

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified inorganic lead as a probable carcinogen, while organic lead remained unclassifiable. Uncertainty persists because of limited epidemiologic evidence. The authors addressed…

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Brain cancer mortality and potential occupational exposure to lead: findings from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979-1989

We evaluated the association between potential occupational lead exposure and the risk of brain cancer mortality in the National Longitudinal Mortality Study (NLMS), which is a prospective census-based cohort study…

Continue ReadingBrain cancer mortality and potential occupational exposure to lead: findings from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979-1989