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Frontiers in PsychologyObjectiveHigh risk of degraded quality of life and psychological distress is observed in patients diagnosed with sinonasal, nasopharyngeal, and laryngeal cancers, which could be caused by exposure to carcinogens in workplaces.
Michela Bonafede +10 more
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Binding occupational exposure limits for carcinogens in the EU – good or bad?
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019 The European Union (EU) has increased its efforts to counteract cancer due to occupational exposure. This is done by several means, including more active use and revision of the Carcinogen Directive (1), launch of the Roadmap on Carcinogens (2) and the ...
Gunnar Johanson, Håkan Tinnerberg
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Development of Evidence Based Medical Surveillance Program Recommendations for At-Risk Employees [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Nearly eight million United States healthcare workers are potentially exposed to hazardous drugs (HDs) in their workplace. This exposure puts staff at increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia, breast cancer, rectal cancer, and fetal anomalies.
Okrant, Jessica C
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Solvent exposure and malignant lymphoma : a population-based case-control study in Germany [PDF]
, 2007 Aims: To analyze the relationship between exposure to chlorinated and aromatic organic solvents and malignant lymphoma in a multi-centre, population-based case-control study.
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Issues Related to Occupational Safety during Work with Anticancer Drugs
Galician Medical Journal, 2016 Labor conditions of junior medical staff at oncological institutions and risks arising in the course of their work are considered in the present article. Topicality. Monitoring of hygienic conditions of labor which was conducted at cancer oncological
Olga Malyshevska +2 more
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Creative adventures and flow in art-making: A qualitative study of women living with cancer [PDF]
, 2006 (Introduction) A diagnosis of cancer is recognised as highly fear-arousing. People not only face the discomforts of potentially disfiguring medical treatment but also confront issues of mortality.
Prior, S, Reynolds, F
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BMC Cancer, 2020 Background Silica and asbestos are recognized lung carcinogens. However, their role in carcinogenesis at other organs is less clear. Clearance of inhaled silica particles and asbestos fibers from the lungs may lead to translocation to sites such as the ...
Lidija Latifovic +5 more
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Estimating Counterfactual Risk Under Hypothetical Interventions in the Presence of Competing Events: Crystalline Silica Exposure and Mortality From 2 Causes of Death. [PDF]
, 2018 Exposure to silica has been linked to excess risk of lung cancer and nonmalignant respiratory disease mortality. In this study we estimated risk for both these outcomes in relation to occupational silica exposure as well as the reduction in risk that ...
Brown, Daniel +6 more
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Occupational cancer in Germany [PDF]
Environmental Health Perspectives, 1999 As in probably mostly all other European countries, the incidence of occupational cancer in Germany increased steadily after World War II. In 1994 about 1,600 cases of occupational cancer were compensated--more than ever before. More than half of these cases were lung cancer, most caused either by asbestos (n=545) or by ionizing radiation ((italic)n ...
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Occupational cancer surveillance in China
Global Health Journal, 2018 Occupational cancer causes a large number of deaths every year, posing a great threat to public health in China and abroad. Occupational cancer surveillance can help to dynamically monitor and predict the trend of cancer occurrence and provide basic ...
Dafeng Lin +2 more
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