Digestive system cancer among persons subjected to occupational inhalation of asbestos particles: a literature review with emphasis on dose response | Zendy

Marvin A. Schneiderman | Zendy

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Digestive system cancer among persons subjected to occupational inhalation of asbestos particles: a literature review with emphasis on dose response

Author(s) -

Marvin A. Schneiderman

Publication year - 1974

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.749307

Subject(s) - asbestos , lung cancer , inhalation , medicine , occupational exposure , cancer , digestive tract , physiology , carcinogen , inhalation exposure , toxicology , pathology , environmental health , biology , anesthesia , materials science , metallurgy , genetics

Human data show a dose-response relationship between industrial exposure to asbestos and later development of cancer of the bronchus and lung and of cancer of the digestive tract. The data do not provide much evidence for a threshold or for the existence of a clearly "safe" level of exposure. Good dose-response data, with quantitative estimates of dose are uncommon; however, in all the literature reviewed only one paper did not support the conclusion that increased exposure to inhaled asbestos particles leads to increased digestive system cancer.

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