| Document ID (ISN) | 107251 |
| CIS number |
07-1295 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2006 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Meguellati-Hakkas D., Cyr D., Stücker I., Févotte J., Pilorget C., Luce D., Guénel P. |
| Title |
Lung cancer mortality and occupational exposure to asbestos among telephone linemen: A historical cohort study in France |
| Bibliographic information |
Nov. 2006, Vol.48, No.11, p.1166-1172. 20 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this cohort study was to analyse mortality from lung cancer in telephone linemen exposed to low levels of asbestos during the installation of telephone cables. A total of 308 lung cancer deaths were identified in the cohort. Exposure to asbestos and other occupational carcinogens was assessed using a job-exposure matrix. The relative risk for lung cancer death associated with an estimated exposure of approximately 2 fibres/cc-years was 2.1 as compared with workers exposed to less than 0.5 fibres/cc-years. Mean annual exposure or exposure duration were not clearly related to lung cancer. Adjustment for other occupational lung carcinogens did not change this finding. The observed mortality by lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure at low levels is higher than the prediction based on linear extrapolations from data on highly exposed occupational cohorts. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
France; asbestos; mortality; risk factors; cable laying; telecommunications; lung cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
fibre counts; exposure evaluation; prediction; job-exposure relation; cohort study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Transport and communications
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Trenching and excavating
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Asbestos
Communications industry
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