| Document ID (ISN) | 31039 |
| CIS number |
79-384 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1979 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Katsnelson B.A., Mokronosova K.A. |
| Title |
Non-fibrous mineral dusts and malignant tumors. |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1979, Vol.21, No.1, p.15-20. Illus. 35 ref. |
| Abstract |
Workers at Soviet plants producing silica firebricks and aluminosilicate firebricks, a gold mine, and a talc mining, grinding and processing plant (a total of over 235,000 man-years) were considered. The death rate was estimated from the number of deaths due to cancer registered over 21-27 years and the number of man-years for all employees over the same period. Talc dust (even that not containing fibrous minerals) was shown to be a carcinogen, and silica-containing dust only a co-carcinogen. The silica content of dust plays either no role at all or a much lesser role than that of the total dust load. The role played by tuberculosis in influencing the cancer death rate is discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
carcinogens; mineral dust; neoplasms; respirable dust; mortality |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USSR; tuberculosis; silica; refractory brick industry; survey; gold mining; talc |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Dust, aerosols and related diseases
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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