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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 100608 |
| CIS number |
02-1797 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2002 |
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| Author(s) |
Carel R., Boffetta P., Kauppinen T., Teschke K., Andersen A., Jäppinen P., Pearce N., Andreassen Rix B., Bergeret A., Coggon D., Persson B., Szadkowska-Stanczyk I., Kielkowski D., Henneberger P., Kishi R., Facchini L.A., Sala M., Colin D., Kogevinas M. |
| Title |
Exposure to asbestos and lung and pleural cancer mortality among pulp and paper industry workers |
| Bibliographic information |
June 2002, Vol.44, No.6, p.579-584. 33 ref. |
| Abstract |
The mortality from lung and pleural cancers in a cohort of 62,937 male workers employed for at least one year in the pulp and paper industry was studied in 13 countries from 1945 to 1996. Departments were classified according to probability and level of exposure to asbestos on the basis of available dust measurements and company-specific information on exposure circumstances. 36% of workers were classified as ever exposed to asbestos. Standardized mortality ratios of lung cancer were 0.99 among unexposed and 1.00 among ever exposed workers. The number of pleural cancer deaths among unexposed workers was 10; that among exposed workers was 14, most of which occurred among maintenance workers. In internal analyses, a trend in mortality from either neoplasm was suggested for cumulative exposure to asbestos. This study suggests that the carcinogenic effect of asbestos can be detected among workers employed in industries such as the pulp and paper industry, in which it is not considered to be a major hazard. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
asbestos; mortality; pulp and paper industry; lung cancer; pleural mesothelioma |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
male workers; dust level; maintenance; neoplasms; cohort study; long-term exposure; exposure evaluation |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Brazil; Canada; Denmark; Spain; Finland; France; United Kingdom; Israel; Japan; Norway; New Zealand; Poland; Sweden; South Africa |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Paper and paper products industry
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Asbestos
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