Re: Mortality From Lymphohematopoietic Malignancies and Brain Cancer Among Embalmers Exposed to Formaldehyde
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Re: Mortality from lymphohematopoietic malignancies and brain cancer among embalmers exposed to formaldehyde.
BACKGROUND Excess mortality from lymphohematopoietic malignancies, in particular myeloid leukemia, and brain cancer has been found in surveys of anatomists, pathologists, and funeral industry workers, all of whom may have worked with formaldehyde. We investigated the relation of mortality to work practices and formaldehyde exposure levels among these professionals to address cancer risk in the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq332