Lung Cancer and Vehicle Exhaust in Trucking Industry Workers | Zendy

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Lung Cancer and Vehicle Exhaust in Trucking Industry Workers

Author(s) -

Eric Garshick,

Francine Laden,

Jaime E. Hart,

Bernard Rosner,

Mary E. Davis,

Ellen A. Eisen,

Thomas J. Smith

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.11293

Subject(s) - diesel exhaust , lung cancer , environmental health , truck , medicine , occupational hygiene , diesel engine , diesel fuel , occupational safety and health , engineering , waste management , oncology , automotive engineering , pathology

An elevated risk of lung cancer in truck drivers has been attributed to diesel exhaust exposure. Interpretation of these studies specifically implicating diesel exhaust as a carcinogen has been limited because of limited exposure measurements and lack of work records relating job title to exposure-related job duties.

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