Invited Perspective: The Slow Road to Finding Out Whether the "Forever" Chemicals Cause Chronic Disease.

Environ Health Perspect · 2023 · PMC10351501 · PMID 37458711

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In their case–control analyses, the authors found a positive trend in risk for testicular cancer by serum perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) using the first samples ( p = 0.15 ) and a more marked monotonic positive trend ( p = 0.009 ) when analyzing second samples, after adjusting for other PFAS.

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