Rodolfo Saracci

TL;DR: Despite a trend in risk for these neoplasms among the GW workers with time since first employment, the lack of a positive relation with other indirect indicators of fiber exposure points against a causal interpretation means that these lung cancer results are similar to those of a mortality study that included a larger number of factories.

TL;DR: To provide needed evidence on the potential risk of brain cancer associated with mobile phone use, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) initiated a multi-centre case–control study, the INTERPHONE study, in 1998–99.

TL;DR: Exposure to second-hand smoke at home (as confirmed by plasma cotinine levels) increases the risk of cardiovascular mortality in never-smokers in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

TL;DR: Cotinine measurements made in 1988 allowed a clear separation of smokers and non-smokers (sensitivity 92%, specificity 100%), suggesting that concentrations retained their discriminant value even after 10 years of storage.

TL;DR: A marked increase in overall death rates in adults, as well as a higher prevalence of radiological pleural lesions, in Karain than in the nearby and comparable village of Karlik, may indicate a causal association between endemic mesothelioma and inhalation of erionite fibres.