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Extended Follow-Up of a Cohort of British Chemical Workers Exposed to Formaldehyde
5 Nov 2003
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BACKGROUND: Formaldehyde is mutagenic and, when inhaled at high concentrations, carcinogenic in rats. Some epidemiologic studies have linked occupational exposure to formaldehyde with cancers of the nose, nasopharynx, and lung, but the evidence for human carcinogenicity has been inconsistent and requires clarification. METHODS: We extended by 11 years the follow-up of an existing cohort of 14 014 men employed...
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