| Document ID (ISN) | 37788 |
| CIS number |
82-1075 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0820-3946 - Canadian Medical Association Journal |
| Year |
1981 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Thériault G., De Guire L., Cordier S. |
| Title |
Reducing aluminium: an occupational possibly associated with bladder cancer |
| Bibliographic information |
15 Feb. 1981, Vol.124, p.419-423. 50 ref. |
| Abstract |
Report of a case-control questionnaire survey undertaken to identify reasons for the exceptionally high incidence of bladder cancer among men in the Chicoutimi census division of the Province of Quebec. An increased risk of bladder cancer was associated with employment in the electrolysis department of an aluminium reduction plant. The estimated relative risk was 2.83 (95% confidence interval: 1.06-7.54). An interaction was found between this employment and cigarette smoking, resulting in a combined relative risk of 5.70 (95% confidence interval: 2.00-12.30). Employment in the aluminium reduction plant resulted in exposure to fumes and gases containing aromatic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their byproducts which may contribute to the development of bladder cancer in aluminium workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
aluminium industry; pyrolysis products; bladder tumour; morbidity |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Canada; aromatic hydrocarbons; aromatic amines; electrolysis; questionnaire survey; synergism; smoking |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Smelting and refining operations
Fires
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
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