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ID (ISN) del documento43834
Número CIS 85-750
ISSN - Título de la serie 0002-8894 - American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
Año 1984
Número de serie
Autor(es) Wilcosky T.C., Checkoway H., Marshall E.G., Tyroler H.A.
Título Cancer mortality and solvent exposures in the rubber industry
Información bibliográfica Dec. 1984, Vol.45, No.12, p.809-811. 18 ref.
Resumen A case control analysis of a 6678 member cohort compared the solvent exposure histories of a 20% age-stratified random sample of the cohort with those of cohort members who died during 1964-1973 from various types of cancer (stomach, respiratory system, prostate, lymphosarcoma, lymphatic leukaemia). Of these only lymphosarcoma and lymphatic leukaemia showed significant positive associations with any of the potential solvent exposures. Lymphatic leukaemia was strongly related to carbon tetrachloride and carbon disulfide. Benzene was not significantly associated with any of the cancers.
Descriptores (primarios) industria del caucho; tetracloruro de carbono; tumores; mortalidad; disolventes orgánicos; sulfuro de carbono
Descriptores (secundarios) leucemia linfoide crónica; Estados Unidos; benceno; encuesta epidemiológica; cáncer de pulmón; cáncer gastrointestinal; cáncer de próstata; linfosarcoma
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Inorganic substances
Inorganic sulfur compounds
Halogenated hydrocarbons
Rubber industry