| Document ID (ISN) | 104445 |
| CIS number |
05-553 |
| ISBN(s) |
2-551-22686-4 |
| Year |
2005 |
| Convention or series no. |
Etudes et Recherches R-396
|
| Author(s) |
McGregor D.B. |
| Title |
Risk of brain tumours in firemen |
| Original title |
Risque de tumeurs cérébrales chez les pompiers [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), 505 boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal (Quebec) H3A 3C2, Canada, 2005. 26p. 63 ref. Price: CAD 5.35. Downloadable version (PDF format) free of charge. |
| Internet access |
http://www.irsst.qc.ca/files/documents/PubIRSST/R-396.pdf [in French]
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| Abstract |
This project consists of a critical analysis of literature on the relationship between the development of brain tumours and fire-fighting. None of the 18 identified studies could establish a link between brain tumours and the occupation of firefighter. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
fire fighting; brain cancer; occupation disease relation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; non-occupational factors |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Fires
Diseases of the nervous system
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