Document ID (ISN) | 41498 |
CIS number |
84-499 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health |
Year |
1982 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Welch K., Higgins I., Oh M., Burchfiel C. |
Title |
Arsenic exposure, smoking, and respiratory cancer in copper smelter workers |
Bibliographic information |
Nov.-Dec. 1982, Vol.37, No.6, p.325-335. 12 ref. |
Abstract |
The vital status of 1800 men from an original cohort of over 8000 copper smelter workers who, in 1969, had shown a 3-fold excess of respiratory cancer was determined. There was a clear dose-response relationship between arsenic exposure and respiratory cancer mortality. Men exposed to ≥5000µg/m3 had a 7-fold excess. Ceiling As exposure seemed to be more important than TWA exposure. Sulfur dioxide and asbestos did not seem to be implicated. Smoking was less important than As exposure, nor was there evidence of an interaction. The problems of estimating As exposure are discussed. |
Descriptors (primary) |
arsenic; smoking; non-ferrous metal industries; lung cancer; smelting plants; mortality |
Descriptors (secondary) |
copper; dose-response relationship; epidemiologic study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar) Smoking Smelting and refining operations Arsenic and compounds Inorganic substances
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