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A significant relation, limited to hypopharyngeal cancer, was found with the probability of exposure to formaldehyde (p&lt;0.005 for trend), with a fourfold risk for the highest category (OR 3.78 , 95% CI 1.50 to 9.49). When subjects exposed to formaldehyde with a low probability were excluded, the risk also increased with duration (p&lt;0.04) and cumulative level of exposure (p&lt;0.14). 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