| Document ID (ISN) | 52176 |
| CIS number |
89-1178 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0096-1736 - Journal of Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
1988 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Armstrong B., Tremblay C., Theriault G. |
| Title |
Compensating bladder cancer victims employed in aluminium reduction plants |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 1988, Vol.30, No.10, p.771-775. Illus. 14 ref. |
| Abstract |
A criterion for eligibility to compensation is sought for bladder cancer cases among workers in the aluminium smelting industry. Probability that a case of bladder cancer was caused by occupational exposure can be estimated from a relationship derived from results of epidemiologic studies. Because the effects of occupational exposure and smoking apparently combine multiplicatively, this probability is independent of whether a case patient smoked. Estimated probabilities of causation have been used in a criterion for eligibility to compensation by the Quebec workers' compensation board. Workers with cancer for whom the upper 95% confidence limit of the probability of causation is at least 50% are compensated. This implies a minimum cumulative exposure to benzo(a)pyrene of 19µg/m3/year. Possible alternative approaches to compensation are discussed. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
aluminium industry; Quebec; workmen's compensation; bladder tumour; smoking |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Canada |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Administration, legislation
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| Broad subject area(s) |
General safety, health and conditions of work
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Smelting and refining operations
Workers' compensation
Smoking
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
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