Research Watch -- Litigation Watch: Benzene -- April 2008

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TITLE: "Meta-analysis of Benzene Exposure and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Biases Could Mask an Important Association"

AUTHORS: Steinmaus C, Smith AH, Jones RM, Smith MT.

JOURNAL: Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2008 Apr 16; [Epub ahead of print]

SUMMARY: Benzene is a widely recognized cause of leukemia but its association with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is less well established. The goal of this project is to review the current published literature on this association. The authors performed a meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies of benzene exposure and NHL and a meta-analysis of NHL and refinery work, a potential source …