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This work looks at endemic cancer and death among the people of two villages in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia/Turkey in multiple contexts. Following the discovery of the highly carcinogenic fibrous zeolite (erionite) in the rocks and volcanic tuffs in these villages,…

Objectives: To examine associations between bladder cancer risk and (1) farming as an occupation, (2) pesticide exposure, and (3) polymorphisms of the GSTM1, GSTT1, NQO1, and SOD2 genotypes among men farmers in Egypt, as well as (4) indirect exposure to farming among women livin…