Occupational and Environmental Medicine – Lead is a suspected carcinogen that has been inconsistently associated with kidney cancer. To clarify this relationship, researchers conducted an analysis of occupational lead exposure within a population-based study of kidney cancer using detailed exposure assessment methods. The findings of this study did not offer clear support for an association between occupational lead exposure and kidney cancer.
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