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HERO ID
229166
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Brain cancer linked to lead exposure
Year
2006
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
ISSN:
0027-8874
EISSN:
1460-2105
Volume
98
Issue
19
Page Numbers
1361
DOI
10.1093/jnci/djj428
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is summary of
215243
Brain cancer mortality and potential occupational exposure to lead: Findings from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study, 1979-1989
Abstract
Occupational lead exposure is associated with brain cancer,
according to a new study.
Edwin van Wijngaarden, Ph.D., of the University of Rochester
in New York, and colleagues assessed the association between
lead exposure and brain cancer in 317,968 people who had been
surveyed about their occupations between 1979 and 1981. Their
jobs were classifi ed based on the amount of lead workers were
probably exposed to.
The authors found that people with jobs that exposed them
to lead had a 50% higher chance of developing brain cancer than
those who did not. They suggest that lead exposure is associated
with brain cancer.
The study was published in the September 1 issue of the
International Journal of Cancer .
Keywords
BRAIN; CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; CANCER -- Research; LEAD in the body; UNITED States
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ISA-Lead (2013 Final Project Page)
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