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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(5):337; doi:10.1093/jnci/djk125
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Lung Cancer Risk Reduced in Female Textile Workers Exposed to Endotoxin

Liz Savage

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301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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Long-term, high-level exposure to bacterial endotoxin—a contaminant found in raw cotton fiber and cotton dust—is associated with a 40 percent decrease in lung cancer risk among female Chinese textile workers, according to a new study in the March 7 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Since the 1970s, studies in the U.S. and abroad have reported a lower . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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