Occupational causes of lung cancer.

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• Personal Author:
  Loomis D ; Shy C ; Simonsen N ; Steenland, Kyle
• Description:
  Occupational causes of lung cancer were considered with emphasis on human epidemiology. Agents determined to be definite or probable lung carcinogens as classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer were considered, including: silica (14808607), asbestos (1332214), products of the combustion of fossil hydrocarbons (soot, diesel engine exhausts, coke oven emissions, and coal gas and coal tar volatiles), radon progeny (10043922), arsenic (7440382), acrylonitrile (107131), nickel (7440020), bis- chloromethyl-ether (107302), chromium (7440473), beryllium (7440417), and cadmium (7440439). Major findings and outstanding issues for each agent were discussed. The role of smoking was also considered; observed interactions between smoking and carcinogenic agents tended to be somewhere between additive and multiplicative in nature. The authors estimate that approximately 9% of male lung cancers and 2% of female lung cancers in the United States are attributable to exposure to occupational lung carcinogens; estimates vary depending on selected data and assumptions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Environmental Exposure Hazardous Substances Lung Lung Diseases Metals Mining Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Smokers Tobacco Products Vehicle Emissions

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• Keywords:
  Lung-cancer; Respirable-dust; Health-hazards; Occupational-respiratory-disease; Lung-irritants; Occupational-exposure; Respiratory-system-disorders; Exhaust-gases; Coal-mining; Metal-compounds; Cigarette-smoking; Industrial-exposures
• ISBN:
  9780801677281
• Publisher:
  Mosby
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00229873
• Citation:
  Occupational and environmental respiratory disease. Harber P, Schenker MB, Balmes JR, eds. St. Louis, MO: Mosby, 1995 Jul; :589-607
• CAS Registry Number:
  Acrylonitrile (CAS RN 107-13-1) ; Arsenic (CAS RN 7440-38-2) ; Asbestos (CAS RN 1332-21-4) ; Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7) ; Cadmium (CAS RN 7440-43-9) ; Chloromethyl methyl ether (CAS RN 107-30-2) ; Chromium (CAS RN 7440-47-3) ; Nickel (CAS RN 7440-02-0) ; Quartz (SiO2) (CAS RN 14808-60-7) ; Radon (CAS RN 10043-92-2)
• Editor(s):
  Harber P; Schenker MB; Balmes JR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational and environmental respiratory disease
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/243439/cdc_243439_DS1.pdf
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