Brain cancer and occupational exposure to lead
Cocco, Pierluigi ; Dosemeci, Mustafa ; Heineman, Ellen F.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1998
40
11
937-942
brain cancer ; case control study ; exposure ; health service records ; lead
Occupational diseases
English
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Analysis of data from the death certificates of 27,060 brain cancer cases showed that brain cancer risk increased by probability of exposure to lead among white men and women with high-level exposure, with a significant twofold excess among white men with high probability and high level of exposure. Risks were also elevated for African-American men with high-level exposure. Although exposure assessment was based solely on the occupation and industry reported on the death certificate, these results add to other epidemiologic and experimental findings in lending some support to the hypothesis of an association between occupational exposure to lead and brain cancer risk.
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