BACKGROUND The association between lung cancer and occupational exposure to organic solvents is discussed. Since different solvents are often used simultaneously, it is difficult to assess the role of individual substances. OBJECTIVES The present study is focused on an in-depth investigation of the potential association between lung cancer risk and occupational exposure to a large group of or...

This paper describes adverse health effect studies conducted at the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health since its foundation fifty years ago to the present day. The presentation of the studied problems is based mainly on the type of exposure--occupational or environmental--and partly on disease entities. The review is organised around the following topics: metals, organic sol...

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Lack of knowledge of the exact contents of the materials and improper handling of the toxic chemicals lead to the occurrence of occupational illnesses in the developing countries. However, the incidence of occupational diseases was usually underestimated. This article presents the profile of occupational diseases in Taiwan from two sources, i.e. occupational disease benefit payments of labor in...

BACKGROUND Diesel engine exhaust (DEE) has recently been classified as a known human carcinogen. OBJECTIVE We derived a meta-exposure-response curve (ERC) for DEE and lung cancer mortality and estimated lifetime excess risks (ELRs) of lung cancer mortality based on assumed occupational and environmental exposure scenarios. METHODS We conducted a meta-regression of lung cancer mortality and ...

ence, emphasis was placed on what is new and what is newly important with respect to a selected number of occupational diseases of the chest. Discussion was developed around features of typical and unusual example of coal dust pneumoconiosis, silicosis, siderosis, asbestosis, reactions to fibrous silicates and plastic, berylliosis, aluminosis, farmer’s lung, lipid pneumonitis and hair spray the...

background: it has been shown that inhalation of carbonaceous particulate matter may impair lung function in children. objective: using the carbon content of airway macrophages as a marker of individual exposure to particulate matter derived from fossil fuel, we sought direct evidence for this association. methods: 300 children from puffed rice industrial areas and 300 children from population ...