Cancer incidence among workers with blood lead measurements in two countries.

Kyle SteenlandVaughn BarryAhti AnttilaMarkku SallmenWilliam MuellerPeter RitchieDamien Martin McElvennyKurt Straif

Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2019)

We found strong positive incidence trends with increasing blood lead level, for several outcomes in internal analysis. Two of these, lung and brain cancer, were sites of a priori interest.

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papillary thyroid
squamous cell
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type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
childhood cancer
multiple sclerosis
blood brain barrier
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weight loss