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The specter of cancer: Exploring secondary trauma for health professionals providing cancer support and counseling [PDF]
, 2013 Health professionals are vulnerable to occupational stress and tend to report high levels of secondary trauma and burnout; this is especially so for those working in “high-death” contexts such as cancer support and palliative care.
Breen, Lauren +3 more
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Malignant Versus Benign Tumors of the Sinonasal Cavity: A Case-Control Study on Occupational Etiology [PDF]
, 2018 Case-control studies on malignant sinonasal tumors and occupational risk factors are generally weakened by non-occupational confounders and the selection of suitable controls. This study aimed to confirm the association between sinonasal malignant tumors
Alexandre, Enrico +10 more
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum in a Nigerian: case report
Rare Tumors, 2009 Squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum is rare and to the best of our knowledge has never been reported from Nigeria. We report on a case thought to be occupation-related in a 42-year-old Nigerian taxi driver who had previously been an automobile ...
Jerome Azike +2 more
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Occupational skin cancers [PDF]
Occupational Medicine, 2004 Skin cancer due to occupation is more common than is generally recognized, although it is difficult to obtain an accurate estimate of its prevalence. Over the past two centuries, occupational skin cancers have particularly been due to industrial exposure of men (it seems more so than women) to chemical carcinogens such as polycyclic hydrocarbons (e.g ...
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Environment International, 2021 Background: Many pesticides are known to have thyroid-disrupting properties. However, few studies have evaluated the association between specific pesticide ingredients and risk of thyroid cancer.
Catherine C. Lerro +12 more
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Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and hexachlorobenzene, semen quality and testicular cancer risk [PDF]
, 2015 PURPOSE: We carried out a case-control study to investigate the possible role of occupational and environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors in the onset of testicular cancer (TC). METHODS: We evaluated 125 TC patients and 103 controls.
CATTARUZZA, Maria Sofia +7 more
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Pesticide exposure and risk of aggressive prostate cancer among private pesticide applicators
Environmental Health, 2020 Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among men in developed countries; however, little is known about modifiable risk factors.
Larissa A. Pardo +9 more
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Annals of Medicine, 2023 Background Occupational-related cancers are a substantial global health issue. The largest proportion of occupational-related cancers is tracheal, bronchus, and lung (TBL) cancer.
Yan Zhang +8 more
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Exposure-Lag-Response in Longitudinal Studies: Application of Distributed-Lag Nonlinear Models in an Occupational Cohort. [PDF]
, 2018 Prolonged exposures can have complex relationships with health outcomes, as timing, duration, and intensity of exposure are all potentially relevant.
Brown, Daniel M +6 more
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Employment and breast cancer: A meta-ethnography [PDF]
, 2011 This article is available open access through the publisher’s website at the link below. Copyright @ 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.The purpose of this synthesis is to examine the qualitative evidence on the lived experience of breast cancer survivors in ...
Banning, M
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