1. Dust metal loadings and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Whitehead, Todd P, Ward, Mary H, Colt, Joanne S, Dahl, Gary, Ducore, Jonathan, Reinier, Kyndaron, Gunier, Robert B, Katharine Hammond, S, Rappaport, Stephen M, and Metayer, Catherine
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Epidemiology ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Pediatric Cancer ,Rare Diseases ,Pediatric ,Childhood Leukemia ,Cancer ,Hematology ,Arsenic ,Cadmium ,Case-Control Studies ,Child ,Child ,Preschool ,Chromium ,Copper ,Dust ,Environmental Exposure ,Female ,Humans ,Infant ,Lead ,Male ,Metals ,Nickel ,Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ,Tin ,Tungsten ,Zinc ,childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia ,dust ,environmental exposure ,lead ,metals ,Chemical Sciences ,Environmental Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Public health - Abstract
We evaluated the relationship between the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and the levels of metals in carpet dust. A dust sample was collected from the homes of 142 ALL cases and 187 controls participating in the California Childhood Leukemia Study using a high volume small surface sampler (2001-2006). Samples were analyzed using microwave-assisted acid digestion in combination with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, tungsten, and zinc. Eight metals were detected in at least 85% of the case and control homes; tungsten was detected in
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- 2015