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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 77031 |
| CIS number |
01-1074 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1998 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Kogevinas M., Sala M., Boffetta P., Kazerouni N., Kromhout H., Hoar-Zahm S. |
| Title |
Cancer risk in the rubber industry: A review of the recent epidemiological evidence |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1998, Vol.55, No.1, p.1-12. Illus. 119 ref. |
| Abstract |
To examine epidemiological evidence of cancer risk among workers in the rubber industry, relevant epidemiological studies published after the last detailed review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 1982 were reviewed. Excess risks of bladder cancer, lung cancer and leukaemia were found in most studies, with risk ratios above 1.5 in about half of the studies. A moderate excess risk for laryngeal cancer was consistent across studies. Excess risks were found in a few studies for cancers of the oesophagus, stomach, colon, liver, pancreas, skin, prostate, kidney, brain, and thyroid, and for malignant lymphoma and multiple myeloma, but overall results were not consistent for these neoplasms. Magnitude of the observed risks varied considerably between studies, but overall the findings indicate the presence of a widespread moderate to increased cancer risk among rubber workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
rubber industry; hazard evaluation; cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; leukaemia; epidemiologic study; lung cancer; bladder tumour |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain; France; Netherlands; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Risk evaluation
Rubber industry
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