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Lung cancer mortality and occupational exposure to asbestos among telephone linemen: a historical cohort study in france. |
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Djamila Meguellati-Hakkas1, Diane Cyr2, Isabelle Stücker1, Joëlle Févotte3, Corinne Pilorget3, Danièle Luce2, Pascal Guénel1 |
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OBJECTIVE:: The authors studied the mortality by lung cancer in telephone linemen exposed to asbestos at low levels during installation of telephone cables. METHODS:: Three hundred eight lung cancers deaths were identified in the cohort. Exposure to asbestos and to other occupational carcinogens was assessed using a job-exposure matrix. RESULTS:: The relative risk for lung cancer death associated with an estimated exposure of approximately 2 f/cc-years was 2.1 (95% confidence interval = 1.1-4.0) as compared with workers exposed to less than 0.5 f/cc-years. Mean annual exposure or exposure duration were not clearly related to lung cancer. Adjustment for other occupational lung carcinogens did not change this finding. CONCLUSION:: The observed mortality by lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure at low levels is higher than the prediction based on linear downward extrapolations from highly exposed occupational cohorts. |
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Anglais |
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1076-2752 |
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Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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| DOI : |
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10.1097/01.jom.0000243357.70143.47 |
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J Occup Environ Med |
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internationale |
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| date de publication : |
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11/2006 |
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48 |
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11 |
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1166-72 |
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