Another Meta-analysis of Benzene and NHL Studies Finds No Independent Association

Posted on February 17, 2010 by David Oliver

In "Benzene Exposure and Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma: a Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Studies" published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine the authors looked at 8 cohort and 14 case-control studies of benzene-exposed workers and their risk of developing non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL). Whether in the aggregate or looking just at those with the highest reported exposures the summary relative risk estimate remained almost exactly one. The authors conclude that these studies at least do not demonstrate that benzene is a risk factor for NHL

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