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Correspondence : Dioxin and mortality from cancer

Hardell, Lennart ; Eriksson, Mikael LU orcid ; Axelson, Olav and Fredriksson, Mats (1991) In New England Journal of Medicine 324(25). p.1810-1811
Abstract

To the Editor: The lessons that Dr. Bailar gleaned from the recent dioxin study by Fingerhut et al. of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (Jan. 24 issue)1 reached far beyond, and at times contradicted, what the authors presented.2 Moreover, Bailar did not acknowledge the growing body of evidence suggesting that low-level dioxin exposure does not present a risk of cancer in humans. The study by Fingerhut et al. was designed to test hypotheses regarding dioxin exposure and stomach, liver, and nasal cancers, Hodgkin's disease, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. No significant elevations in mortality from these cancers were identified.

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  series       = {{New England Journal of Medicine}},
  title        = {{Correspondence : Dioxin and mortality from cancer}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199106203242512}},
  doi          = {{10.1056/NEJM199106203242512}},
  volume       = {{324}},
  year         = {{1991}},
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