Document ID (ISN) | 64666 |
CIS number |
95-1009 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
Year |
1995 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Lagast H., Tomenson J., Stringer D.A. |
Title |
Polypropylene production and colorectal cancer: A review of the epidemiological evidence |
Bibliographic information |
Apr. 1995, Vol.45, No.2, p.69-74. 30 ref. |
Abstract |
Early epidemiological studies of polypropylene production workers and carpet manufacturing employees who use polypropylene reported a significant excess of colorectal cancer. Recent updates of these two studies have found no continuation of this excess, thereby indicating that the earlier observations reflected the chance nature of a space-time cluster. Investigations of polypropylene workers in a number of countries found no association with colorectal cancer. Taken together, the epidemiological evidence and the absence of toxicological data do not support a causal association between polypropylene and colorectal cancer. |
Descriptors (primary) |
polypropylene; rectal cancer |
Descriptors (secondary) |
epidemiologic study; literature survey |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Belgium; United Kingdom |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
Browse category(ies) |
Gastrointestinal diseases
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