| ID (ISN) del documento | 54458 |
| Número CIS |
90-1562 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Año |
1989 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Smith A.H., Shearn V.I., Wood R. |
| Título |
Asbestos and kidney cancer: The evidence supports a causal association |
| Información bibliográfica |
Aug. 1989, Vol.16, No.2, p.159-166. 18 ref. |
| Resumen |
This paper is concerned specifically with a possible causal association between asbestos and human kidney cancer. A review of the evidence to date indicates that only three human studies have sufficient statistical power to detect an excess mortality from kidney cancer among workers exposed to asbestos. All three were occupational cohort studies, and two of these gave strong direct evidence for such an excess; a study of U.S. insulators (kidney cancer SMR = 2.22) and a study of U.S. asbestos products company workers (kidney cancer SMR = 2.76). The third study, of Italian shipyard workers, reported excess mortality from "cancers of the kidney, urinary bladder, and other urinary organs" (SMR = 1.98). Further support for a causal association includes studies finding asbestos fibers in human kidneys and urine. It is concluded that asbestos should be regarded as a probable cause of human kidney cancer. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
amianto; tumores; cáncer renal; mortalidad |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
industria del amianto; substancias peligrosas; Estados Unidos; construcción naval; tumor de vejiga; aplicación de aislantes; encuesta epidemiológica; Italia |
| Tipo de documento |
D - Artículos periódicos |
| Tema(s) |
Patología profesional
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Medicina del trabajo, epidemiología
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
Asbestos
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