Occupational disease in the rubber industry.
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Occupational disease in the rubber industry.
We have studied mortality patterns in a large cohort of rubber workers. We have examined workers exposed to curing fumes, processing dusts, and industrial talc and have begun to evaluate exposures of these workers in detail. Gastrointestinal (especially stomach) cancer appears in excess in processing workers. Lung cancer is excessive in curing workers. Leukemia is increased generally. All three...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.761731