Occupational Cancer in Metalworking and Transportation Equipment Industries

Hazardous chemical exposures may be a more important public health problem in chemical-using industries, such as the metalworking and transportation equipment industries, than in chemical manufacturing plants. Recent studies have identified excess mortality from cancer among groups of workers in mod...

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Published in:Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1988, Vol.534 (1), p.387-393
Main Authors: MIRER, FRANKLIN E., SILVERSTEIN, MICHAEL A., PARK, ROBERT, MAIZLISH, NEIL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Female
Humans
Industry
Male
Metals - adverse effects
Neoplasms - chemically induced
Occupational Diseases - chemically induced
Transportation
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Summary:Hazardous chemical exposures may be a more important public health problem in chemical-using industries, such as the metalworking and transportation equipment industries, than in chemical manufacturing plants. Recent studies have identified excess mortality from cancer among groups of workers in model and patternmaking, plating and die-cast, foundry, machining, electronics operations and vehicle assembly plants. The chemical agents or levels of exposure associated with these findings have not previously been thought to pose a cancer risk. Therefore, estimates of the fraction of cancers associated with workplace exposure may understate the importance of exposure in this setting.
ISSN:0077-8923
1749-6632
DOI:10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb30126.x