| Document ID (ISN) | 38843 |
| CIS number |
82-1992 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0301-0023 - Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1982 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Ames R.G. |
| Title |
Gastric cancer in coal miners: Some hypotheses for investigation |
| Bibliographic information |
Apr. 1982, Vol.32, No.2, p.73-81. 56 ref. |
| Abstract |
A series of hypothesis are proposed to explain the evidence of an elevated risk of gastric cancer in US coal miners. These hypotheses range from direct occupational links including, coal mine and other dust exposure to darkness, soil and moisture, to causes related to social class, and lifestyle including exposure to raw tobacco juice and nitroso amines, a lower than normal ingestion of antioxidants, and a lag effect compared to national trends. These hypotheses and others can form the basis of epidemiologic studies to determine the most probable reason for excess risk. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
coal mining; gastrointestinal cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
nitroso amines; respirable dust; neoplasms; research; antioxidants; theoretical analysis |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Gastrointestinal diseases
Mining and quarrying
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