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Document ID (ISN)70067
CIS number 97-1926
ISSN - Serial title 1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year 1997
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Blot W.J., Chow W.H., McLaughlin J.K.
Title Wood dust and nasal cancer risk: A review of the evidence from North America
Bibliographic information Feb. 1997, Vol.39, No.2, p.148-156. 51 ref.
Abstract The considerable differences in risks of nasal cancer among woodworkers in North America and Europe are reviewed. Studies of American wood-dust-exposed groups do not reveal excesses of nasal cancer. High rates of nasal adenocarcinoma have instead occurred among European hardwood furniture workers. As implication for industrial hygiene standards the risk of cancer in exposed workers appears to be preventable if wood-dust exposures do not exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 5mg/m3.
Descriptors (primary) wood dust; hardwoods; furniture industry; cancer; permissible levels; nasal cancer
Descriptors (secondary) literature survey
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Woodworking industry
Lumber and the woodworking industry
Occupational exposure limits