Authored By:

Koeman T et al
Summary:

Thiscase-cohort study looked into the association between dementia and occupational exposures to solvents, pesticides, metals, ELF-MF, and many other risk factors. The cohort consisted of 120,852 subjects, aged between 55 and 69 years, living in the Netherlands. After a follow-up period of 17.3 years, 682 male and 870 female cases were available. The authors found positive association between a type of dementia and occupational exposures to three risk factors combined - metals, chlorinated solvents and ELF-MF - which seemed driven by metals (HR = 1.35, 95% CI = 0.98 - 1.86).

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Am J Ind Med 2015; 58 (6): 625 - 635

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