A case-control study of lung cancer within the Teamsters Union.

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• Personal Author:
  Steenland, Kyle
• Description:
  The lung cancer risk in men exposed to diesel exhaust in the trucking industry was investigated in a case control study. This study was described as part of a text book and took the reader through the same steps that the investigator took when conducting the actual study to allow the student to solve the same problems that the investigator solved in the course of the study. In the case control study the cases were all union pensioners who had died of lung cancer in 1982 or 1983, while controls were pensioners who died of other causes. Workers were divided into long haul drivers, short haul drivers, mechanics, and dock workers. An attempt was make to determine whether drivers had primarily driven diesel or gasoline powered trucks; most long haul trucks were diesel powered. The findings indicated that several occupations in the unions, presumably exposed to diesel fumes, had a slightly elevated risk of lung cancer compared to those in the union who presumably had no occupational exposure to diesel fumes. Perhaps the most important finding was that the risk of lung cancer increased with duration of employment of long distance truck drivers and also for diesel truck drivers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Lung Lung Diseases Neoplasms Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Vehicle Emissions

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• Keywords:
  Diesel-emissions; Trucking; Exhaust-gases; Truck-drivers; Epidemiology; Risk-factors; Cancer-rates; Lung-cancer; Respiratory-system-disorders; Industrial-hygiene
• ISBN:
  9780195068313
• Publisher:
  Oxford University Press
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• 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
• Pages in Document:
  76-91
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00238245
• Citation:
  Case studies in occupational epidemiology. Steenland K, ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992 Dec; :76-91
• Editor(s):
  Steenland K
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Case studies in occupational epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/247904/cdc_247904_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]