Arsenic exposure in a copper smelter as related to histological type of lung cancer
| Autor: | Victor E. Archer, Marvin Kuschner, Merrill J. Wicks, Oscar Auerbach |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
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Occupational cancer
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health chemistry.chemical_element Copper smelter medicine.disease Arsenic Occupational Diseases Epidermoid carcinoma chemistry Metallurgy Humans Medicine Respiratory system business Lung cancer ARSENIC EXPOSURE Copper Carcinogen Aged |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 2:25-31 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0274 0271-3586 |
| Popis: | Tissue samples from lung cancer patients who had worked at a copper smelter and from controls were collected and classified by a panel of pathologists: 38% of the cancers were found to be adenocarcinomas, compared to 12% among the controls, a statistically significant difference (p less than 0.05). The predominance of adenocarcinomas was associated with arsenic exposure. This finding is not consistent with Kreyberg's hypothesis that small-cell undifferentiated and epidermoid carcinomas are the only type that increase in response to inhaled carcinogens [1962]. |
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