| Document ID (ISN) | 78688 |
| CIS number |
02-676 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0300-0559 - Revue de médecine du travail |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Caroyer J.M., Strauss P. |
| Title |
Cancer among Belgian coal miners |
| Original title |
Pathologie cancéreuse chez les houilleurs belges [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan.-Feb. 2000, Vol.XXVII, No.1, p.60-63. Illus. 41 ref. |
| Abstract |
Coal miners are exposed to silica. However, the possibly carcinogenic effect of silica exposure is uncertain, the various studies on lung cancer risks published to date remaining inconclusive. The objective of this study was to determine the level of occurrence of neoplasms, in particular of the lungs, among Belgian coal miners compared to the overall population. The study involved examining the medical files of 1466 miners having received compensation for silicosis and for whom the cause of death and the state of health at the end of their lives was known. Although not statistically significant, the incidence of neoplasms was 32.6% in miners as opposed to 24.9% in the overall population. A statistically significant relationship was found for bronchial cancer and myeloma. However, the possibly confounding roles of other factors such as smoking and exposure to radon cannot be excluded. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
silicosis; coal mining; risk factors; cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
compensation of occupational diseases; Belgium; radon; silica; smoking; neoplasms; myeloma; bladder tumour; bronchial cancer; gastrointestinal cancer; confounding factors; mortality |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Belgium |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
Radon
Pneumoconioses
|
