| Document ID (ISN) | 107738 |
| CIS number |
08-85 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1287-7778 - Prévention BTP |
| Year |
2007 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Durcy M. |
| Title |
Bladder cancer: Identifying and controlling the risks |
| Original title |
Cancer de la vessie: identifier et réduire les risques [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
May 2007, No.96, p.48-50. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Each year, there are approximately 10,000 new cases of bladder cancer incidence in France, among which the number of cases due to occupational exposures is estimated at between 600 and 1100. In the construction sector, coal tar pitch used in roofing is a known carcinogen. Occupational exposures likely to cause bladder cancer have decreased. However, further progress is still required for screening and preventing this disease in occupational settings. Besides a brief review of occupational bladder cancer, an occupational physician answers a few questions on exposure hazards, the low proportion of bladder cancers that are recognized as being due to occupational factors and preventive measures. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational diseases; hazard evaluation; bladder tumour |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
compensation of occupational diseases; roofing; France; pitch; limitation of exposure; industrial physicians; substitution; medical supervision; occupational medicine; frequency rates; construction industry |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Construction industry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
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