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Occupational Cancer in Metalworking and Transportation Equipment Industries a
Author(s) -
MIRER FRANKLIN E.,
SILVERSTEIN MICHAEL A.,
PARK ROBERT,
MAIZLISH NEIL
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1988.tb30126.x
Subject(s) - occupational safety and health , health department , library science , medicine , political science , public health , law , computer science , nursing
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.