Wood dust and nasal cancer risk: a review of the evidence from North America
Blot, William J. ; Chow, Wong-Ho ; McLaughlin, Joseph K.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1997
39
2
148-156
dust ; exposure ; literature survey ; nasal cancer ; occupational disease ; occupational risks ; wood
Occupational diseases
English
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The considerable differences in risks of nasal cancer among woodworkers in North America and Europe are reviewed. Studies of American wood-dust-exposed groups do not reveal excesses of nasal cancer. High rates of nasal adenocarcinoma have instead occurred among European hardwood furniture workers. As implication for industrial hygiene standards the risk of cancer in exposed workers appears to be preventable if wood-dust exposures do not exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 5mg/m3.
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