Lung Cancer
Data on lung cancer described by researchers at University of Manchester
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 23rd, 2009
"A multi-centre IARC-coordinated European cohort study provided evidence of an association between lung cancer risk and bitumen fume exposure. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to assess whether these associations were robust to assumptions in the exposure assessment for which support could not be obtained due to lack of either measurements or direct observations," scientists writing in the journal International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health report.
"New exposure estimates were generated by changing assumptions on exposure levels, specific tasks, lags, and coal tar use. Subsequently, Poisson regression models estimated relative risks (RRs);...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-23)
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