Research Watch, Benzene, Mar. 2007

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TITLE: "Exposure to Solvents and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Clues on Putative Mechanisms"

AUTHORS: Paolo Vineis, Lucia Miligi, Adele Seniori Costantini

JOURNAL: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev

SUMMARY: Malignant lymphomas are a group of diseases of uncertain etiology. Both environmental factors and genetic susceptibility have been reported as risk factors. We have conducted a population-based case-control study in Italy: all newly diagnosed cases of malignant lymphoma, in males and females ages 20 to 74 years in the 1991 to 1993 period, were identified; the control group was comprised of a random sample of the general population resident …