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Occupational Histories of Cancer Patients in a Canadian Cancer Treatment Centre and the Generated Hypothesis Regarding Breast Cancer and Farming [PDF]

, 2002
Occupational exposures increase cancer risks. The Windsor Regional Cancer Centre in Windsor, Ontario, was the first Canadian cancer treatment center to collect the work histories of its patients, which were recorded using a computer-based questionnaire ...
Hellyer, Deborah J, Brophy, James T, Laukkanen, Ethan, Gorey, Kevin M, Gilbertson, Michael, Reinhartz, Abraham, Watterson, Andrew, Keith, Margaret M   +7 more
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Occupational variation in the incidence of lip cancer in the Nordic countries [PDF]

, 2023
Introduction: While certain occupations, such as agriculture and fishery, have been associated with an increased risk of lip cancer, the occupational risk profile of lip cancer and its change over time remain poorly known. This study aims to evaluate the
Mroueh, Rayan, Selander, Jenny, Carpén, Timo, Hansen, Johnni, Antti Mäkitie, Elsebeth Lynge, Rayan Mroueh, Pukkala, Eero, Johnni Hansen, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, Lynge, Elsebeth, Mehlum, Ingrid Sivesind, Timo Carpén, Tuula Salo, Jenny Selander, Mäkitie, Antti, Jóhanna Eyrún Torfadottir, Sanna Heikkinen, Heikkinen, Sanna, Torfadottir, Jóhanna Eyrún, Salo, Tuula, Martinsen, Jan Ivar, Jan Ivar Martinsen, Eero Pukkala, Selander, J,, Mroueh, R, Martinsen, JI, Lynge, E, Hansen, J, Maekitie, A, Mehlum, IS, Torfadottir, JE, Heikkinen, S, Carpen, T   +33 more
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Association between socioeconomic factors and cancer risk: a population cohort study in Scotland (1991-2006) [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Lung and upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancer risk are associated with low socioeconomic circumstances and routinely measured using area socioeconomic indices.
Raab, Gillian M., Alex D McMahon, Conway David I., Katharine H Sharpe, Raab Gillian M., Conway, David I., David I Conway, David H Brewster, Brewster, David H., Sharpe, Katharine H., McMahon Alex D., Sharpe Katharine H., McMahon, Alex D., Gillian M Raab, Brewster David H.   +14 more
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Binding occupational exposure limits for carcinogens in the EU – necessary but not sufficient to reduce risk

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019
Johanson & Tinnerberg (1) discuss the role of binding occupational exposure limit values (BOELV) in the European Union and whether these are “good” or “bad”.
John W Cherrie
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Establishing the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) for Ontario: a linkage of administrative data

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018
Introduction Workplace conditions and exposures are important determinants of health. However, identifying and monitoring population-level trends in work-related disease is challenged by existing data limitations.
Jill MacLeod, Chloe Logar-Henderson, Chris McLeod, Alice Peter, Paul A Demers   +4 more
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Risk of Cancer in Occupational Exposure to Radar Radiation: A Systematic Review

Salāmat-i kār-i Īrān, 2019
Background and aim: Microwave radiations are one of the most environmental workplace factors that exposed too many workers. In microwave spectrum, radar frequency with 1-300 GHz range have varied applications such as satellite, communications, military ...
vida zaroushani, ali safari variani, saeid Ahmadi   +2 more
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Cancer and Construction: What Occupational Histories in a Canadian Community Reveal [PDF]

, 2007
From 2000 to 2002, male patients at a Canadian cancer treatment center with new-incident head-and-neck or esophageal cancers were invited to participate in a population-based study. The study population included 87 cases and 172 controls.
Hellyer, Deborah J, Brophy, James T, Laukkanen, Ethan, Gorey, Kevin M, Reinhartz, Abraham, Park, Robert M, Watterson, Andrew, Keith, Margaret M, Luginaah, Isaac N, Abu-Zahra, Hakam   +9 more
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Estimation of benefit of prevention of occupational cancer for comparative risk assessment: Methods and examples

, 2012
[[abstract]]ObjectivesTo quantify the life years gained and financial savings by preventing a case of occupational cancer.MethodsThe authors retrieved data from the Taiwan Cancer Registry and linked them with the National Mortality Registry to estimate ...
Lee, LJ;Chang, YY;Liou, SH;Wang, JD
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Prostate cancer surveillance by occupation and industry: the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)

Cancer Medicine, 2018
As there are no well‐established modifiable risk factors for prostate cancer, further evidence is needed on possible factors such as occupation. Our study uses one of the largest Canadian worker cohorts to examine occupation, industry, and prostate ...
Jeavana Sritharan, Jill MacLeod, Shelley Harris, Donald C. Cole, Anne Harris, Michael Tjepkema, Paul A. Peters, Paul A. Demers   +7 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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