Document ID (ISN) | 72969 |
CIS number |
99-913 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
1998 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Cherry N.M., Burgess G.L., Turner S., McDonald J.C. |
Title |
Crystalline silica and risk of lung cancer in the potteries |
Bibliographic information |
Nov. 1998, Vol.55, No.11, p.779-785. 12 ref. |
Abstract |
In a cohort of 5,115 men employed in the pottery, refractory and sandstone industries of Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) calculated against mortalities for the region were raised for all causes, for lung cancer and for non-malignant respiratory diseases. Average concentration and duration of exposure to silica were, taken together, significantly related to the presence of small opacities. The association between risk of lung cancer and quantitative estimates of silica exposure supports the SMR analysis and implies that crystalline silica may well be a human carcinogen. Topics: silica; cohort study; confounding factors; exposure evaluation; job-exposure relation; length of exposure; lung cancer; mortality; opacities; pottery industry. |
Descriptors (primary) |
silica; pottery industry; lung cancer |
Descriptors (secondary) |
mortality; exposure evaluation; confounding factors; opacities; length of exposure; job-exposure relation; cohort study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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Browse category(ies) |
Glass, pottery and related materials Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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