| Document ID (ISN) | 54110 |
| CIS number |
90-1221 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1989 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hull C.J., Doyle E., Peters J.M., Garabrant D.H., Bernstein L., Preston-Martin S. |
| Title |
Case-control study of lung cancer in Los Angeles County welders |
| Bibliographic information |
July 1989, Vol.16, No.1, p.103-112. Bibl. |
| Abstract |
A case-control study of lung cancer in white male welders was undertaken to investigate possible environmental and occupational causes of a 50% excess of lung cancer observed in this occupational group. The subjects were identified from a population-based cancer registry in Los Angeles County. A standardised questionnaire was administered to either subjects or proxy informants of 90 lung cancer cases and 116 non-lung cancer controls. Significantly increased risks of lung cancer were associated with tobacco smoking and with shipyard welding with at least a 10-year latency since first exposure. It was concluded that the excess of lung cancer in this welding population is contributed to by a higher frequency of smoking and with probable exposure to asbestos in shipyards. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
shielded-arc welding; occupational diseases; asbestos; smoking; morbidity; neoplasms; gas welding; arc welding and cutting; exposure evaluation; shipbuilding industry; risk factors; lung cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
dangerous substances; USA; length of exposure; questionnaire survey; long-term study; age |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Welding and cutting
Shipbuliding and ship repair
Exposure evaluation
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Smoking
Asbestos
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