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The Upper Midwest Health Study: gliomas and occupational exposure to chlorinated solvents.
Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Feb 2013
Ruder Avima M, Yiin James H, Waters Martha A, Carreón Tania, Hein Misty J, Butler Mary A, Calvert Geoffrey M, Davis-King Karen E, Schulte Paul A, Mandel Jack S, Morton Roscoe F, Reding Douglas J, Rosenman Kenneth D, Stewart Patricia A
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OBJECTIVES: Occupational exposure to chlorinated aliphatic solvents has been associated with an increased cancer risk, including brain cancer. However, many of these solvents remain in active, large-volume use. We evaluated glioma risk from non-farm occupational exposure (ever/never and estimated cumulative exposure) to any of the six chlorinated solvents--carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, methylene chloride,...
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