| Document ID (ISN) | 67727 |
| CIS number |
96-1702 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1877-7856 - Encyclopédie médico-chirurgicale |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
Fascicule 16540 H30, 1-1996
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| Author(s) |
Pairon J.C., Brochard P. |
| Title |
Occupational bronchopulmonary cancers |
| Original title |
Cancers bronchopulmonaires professionnels [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Toxicologie-Pathologie professionnelle, 1st Quarter 1996, No.110, 10p. 92 ref. |
| Abstract |
Occupational cancers represent a significant proportion of cancers (since 1981, estimated to be between 2 et 8% of all cancers). Among all sites, bronchopulmonary cancer (BPC) is the most frequent worldwide (10.4% of all cancers), with several aetiological factors identified. This type of cancer still affects more men than women and smoking remains by far the most important factor although many occupational determinants have been identified. According to some authors, 10 to 15% of primary bronchial cancers are occupational in origin, i.e. between 3,000 and 4,000 cases annually in France. According to a review of case-control studies, risks of this pathology attributable to occupation are between 1 and 40%, depending on the study. A more recent study evaluates the "specific" portion of occupational factors to probably less than 10% of all BPC cases. The significance of this disease in terms of public health as well as its prevention are highlighted. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational diseases; France; cancer; bronchial cancer; lung cancer; occupational pathology |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; carcinogens; data sheet; statistical aspects; encyclopaedia; sex-linked differences |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
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