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Occup Environ Med 2008;65:i
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WOOD DUST AND CANCER

Wood dust is classified as a known human carcinogen on the basis of studies linking exposure and cancers of the nasal cavity and sinuses. Support for an association with other, more common, cancers is not as strong, but a new study by Jayaprakash et al.1 may provide useful new evidence. The authors’ large, hospital-based case-control study of cancers of the oral and nasal cavities, pharynx, larynx, trachea, lung and oesophagus among men found about a 30% increase in the risk of …

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