| Document ID (ISN) | 77636 |
| CIS number |
01-1711 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Rodrígez V., Tardón A., Kogevinas M., Prieto C.S., Cueto A., García M., Menéndez I.A., Zaplana J. |
| Title |
Lung cancer risk in iron and steel foundry workers: A nested case-control study in Asturias, Spain |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2000, Vol.38, No.6, p.644-650. 41 ref. |
| Abstract |
To examine the risk of lung cancer among iron and steel workers, a nested case-control study was conducted involving 144 male lung cancer cases and 558 controls, selected from a study base of 24,400 workers employed in a large foundry between 1952 and 1995. Workers were, on an average, heavy smokers and a very strong relation was observed for smoking (OR for "ever smoker" = 32.4). Workers having ever been employed in the blast furnace had an excess lung cancer risk (OR = 2.55) compared to a reference group of workers not employed in metal producing departments. A similar excess was observed for workers having their longest held job in the blast furnace. A two-fold risk was also observed for workers in the main foundry. A high risk was observed for workers employed in departments with high exposure to crystalline silica, PAHs, and various other carcinogenic chemicals. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
lung cancer; steelworks; risk factors |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
carcinogens; Spain; aromatic hydrocarbons; silica; smoking; length of exposure; polycyclic hydrocarbons; hazard evaluation; case-control study; confounding factors; blast furnaces |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Iron and steel industry
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