Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica and Risk of Lung Cancer

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Authors

Adrian Cassidy · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Andrea ’t Mannetje · University of Manchester

Martie van Tongeren · University of Manchester

John K. Field · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Давид Заридзе · Charles University

Neonila Szeszenia‐Dąbrowska · Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine

Péter Rudnai

Abstract

Our results support the hypothesis that silica is an important risk factor for lung cancer. This risk could not be explained by exposure to other occupational carcinogens or smoking, and it was present for the main histologic types of lung cancer, different sources of silica exposure, and different industrial settings.

Topics & Keywords

Occupational and environmental lung diseases Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Epidemiology

Volume 18, Issue 1, pp. 36-43

DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000248515.28903.3c

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