«Minority groups may have
increased exposure to certain chemicals, but here we didn't focus on those chemicals,» Jacobs said.
Not exact matches
According
to the principal investigator of this research project, Juan Pedro Arrebola, from the Biohealth Research Institute (IBS), «there is currently an
increasing tendency in the impact of a diversity of different types of cancer, which can be attributed in part
to the influence of several environmental factors, such as
exposure to certain chemical pollutants.»
Dr Orianne Dumas (PhD) from INSERM, Villejuif, France, will tell the European Respiratory Society International Congress today (Monday) that
certain tasks involving frequent
exposure to disinfectants, such as cleaning surfaces, and specific
chemicals in disinfectants, were associated with a 22 %
to 32 %
increased risk of developing COPD.
The study was performed
to determine if
exposure to certain types of environmental
chemicals would further
increase the risk of TCC in this breed of dog.