occupational malignancy
occupational malignancy
Any work-related malignancy linked to extragenetic factors Occupational malignancy
Type Industry Agent
Hemangiosarcoma, liver Vinylchloride polymerization Vinyl chloride workers
Industry vintners Arsenical pesticides
Mesothelioma Asbestos producers/consumers Asbestos
Nasopharyngeal CA Cabinet makers, woodworkers Hardwood dusts
Boot and shoemakers Unknown
Radium workers, dial painters Radium
Nickel smelting & refining Nickel
Laryngeal CA Asbestos producers and consumers Asbestos
Bone CA Radium workers, dial painters Radium
Scrotal CA Metal work, lathe operation Mineral/cutting oil
Bladder CA Rubber and dye workers Benzidine, α- & β-naphthylamine,
auramine, magenta, 4-aminobiphenyl,
4-nitrophenyl
Kidney, urogenital CA Coke oven workers Coke oven emissions
ALL Rubber industry Unknown
Radiologists Ionizing radiation
AML Petrochemical industry Benzene
Radiologists Ionizing radiation
Erythroleukemia Petrochemical industry Benzene
MMWR 1984, 33 in JAMA 1984; 251:1654
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