A meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies of lung cancer in welders

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-113

  Moulin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Stainless steel; Welding

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; STEEL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIPYARD WORKER; SMOKING; VARIANCE; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

EID: 0030922448     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.187     Document Type: Article

References (73)

1. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Chromium, nickel and welding fumes. Lyon: IARC, 1990. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, vol 49.
2. Ulfvarson U. Survey of air contaminants from welding. Scand J Work Environ Health 1981;7 suppl 2:1-28
3. Pairon JC, Martinon L, Iwatsubo Y, Vallentin F, Billon-Galland MA, Bignon J, et al. Retention of asbestos bodies in the lungs of welders. Am J Ind Med 1994;25:793-804
4. Langård S. Role of chemical species and exposure characteristics in cancer among persons occupationally exposed to chromium compounds. Scand J Work Environ Health 1993;19 suppl 1:81-9.
5. Langård S. Nickel-related cancer in welders. Sci Total Environ 1994;148:303-9.
6. Sjögren B, Hansen KS, Kjuus H, Persson PG. Exposure to stainless steel welding fumes and lung cancer: a meta-analysis. Occup Environ Med 1994;51:335-6.
7. Marini F, Ferré MP, Gross H, Mantout B, Huvinen M, Beaufils D, et al. Does welding stainless steel causes lung cancer? [letter to the editor]. Scand J Work Environ Health 1995;21:65-6.
8. Moulin JJ. Assessment of risk of lung cancer among mild steel and stainless steel welders [letter to the editor]. Occup Environ Med 1995;52:284-5.
9. Ahlbom A. Biostatistics for epidemiologists. Boca Raton (FL): Lewis Publishers, 1993.
10. Greenland S. Quantitative methods in the review of epidemiologic literature. Epidemiol Rev 1987;9:1-30
11. Breslow L, Hoaglin L, Rasmussen G, Abrams HK. Occupations and cigarette smoking as factor in lung cancer. Am J Public Health 1954;44:171-81.
12. Blot WJ, Harrington JM, Toledo A, Hoover R, Heath CW, Fraumeni JF. Lung cancer after employment in shipyards during World War II. N Engl J Med 1978;299:620-4.
13. Decouflé P, Stanislawczyk K, Houten L, Bross J, Viadana E. Retrospective survey of cancer in relation to occupation. Cincinnati (OH): National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, 1978. NIOSH publication no 77-178.
14. Blot WJ, Morris LE, Stroube R, Tagnon I, Fraumeni JF. Lung and laryngeal cancers in relation to shipyard employment in Coastal Virginia. JNCI 1980;65:571-5.
15. Gottlieb M S. Lung cancer and the petroleum industry in Louisiana. J Occup Med 1980;22:384-8.
16. Milne K, Sandler D P, Everson R B, Brown S M. Lung cancer and occupation in Alameda county: a death certificate case-control study. Am J Ind Med 1983;4:565-75.
17. Gerin M, Siemiatycki G, Richardson L, Pellerin J, Lakhani R, Dewar R. Nickel and cancer associations from a multicancer occupation exposure case-referent study: preliminary findings. In: Sunderman FW, editor. Nickel in the Human Environment. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 1984:105-15. Scientific publication no 53.
18. Buiatti E, Kriebel D, Geddes M, Santucci M, Pucci N. A case control study of lung cancer in Florence, Italy: I occupational risk factors. J Epidemiol Community Health 1985;39:244-50.
19. Kjuus H, Skjærven R, Langård S, Lien JT, Aamodt T. A case-referent study of lung cancer, occupational exposures and smoking: I comparison of title-based and exposure-based occupational information. Scand J Work Environ Health 1986; 12:193-202.
20. Schoenberg JB, Stemhagen A, Mason TJ, Patterson J, Bill J, Altman R. Occupation and lung cancer risk among New Jersey white males. JNCI 1987;79:13-21.
21. Lerchen ML, Wiggins CL, Samet JM. Lung cancer and occupation in New Mexico. JNCI 1987;79:639-45.
22. Benhamou S, Benhamou E, Flamant R. Occupational risk factors of lung cancer in a French case-control study. Br J Ind Med 1988;45:231-3.
23. Rinsky RA, Melius JM, Hornung RW, Zumwalde RD, Waxweiler RJ, Landrigan J, et al. Case-control study of lung cancer in civilian employees at the Portsmouth naval shipyard, Kittery, Maine. Am J Epidemiol 1988;127:55-64.
24. Ronco G, Ciccione G, Mirabelli D, Troia B, Vineis P. Occupation and lung cancer in two industrialized areas of northern Italy. Int J Cancer 1988;41:354-8.
25. Hull CJ, Doyle E, Peters JM, Garabrant DH, Bernstein L, Preston-Martin S. Case-control study of lung cancer in Los Angeles county welders. Am J Ind Med 1989;16:103-12.
26. Morabia A, Markowitz S, Garibaldi K, Wynder E L. Lung cancer and occupation: results of a multicentre case-control study. Br J Ind Med 1992;49:721-7.
27. Hansen KS, Lauritsen J. A nested case-control study of lung cancer in welders and other metal workers. Presented at the 9th international symposium on epidemiology in occupational health; September of 1992 in Cincinnati (OH).
28. Jockel KH, Aahrens W, Bolm-Audorff U. Lung cancer risk and welding: preliminary results from an ongoing case-control study. Am J Ind Med 1994;25:805-12.
29. Dunn JE, Weir JM. A prospective study of mortality of several occupational groups: special emphasis on lung cancer. Arch Environ Health 1968;17:71-6.
30. Menck HR, Henderson BE. Occupational differences in rates of lung cancer. J Occup Med 1976;18:797-801.
31. Milham S. Cancer mortality patterns associated with exposure to metals. Ann NY Acad Sci 1976;271:243-9.
32. Ott MG, Holder BB, Langner RR. Determinants of mortality in an industrial population. J Occup Med 1976;18:171-7.
33. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys. Occupational mortality, 1970-1972: England and Wales. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1978. Decennial supplement.
34. Puntoni R, Vercelli M, Merlo F, Valerio F, Santi L. Mortality among shipyard workers in Genoa, Italy. Ann NY Acad Sci 1979;330:353-77.
35. Redmond CK, Wieand HS, Rockette HE, Sass R, Weinberg G. Long term mortality experience of steel workers: update for NIOSH contract. Cincinnati (OH): National Indstitute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1979. No HSM 99-71-32.
36. Beaumont BJ, Weiss NS. Mortality of welders, shipfitters, and other metal trades workers in boilermakers local no 104, AFL-CIO. Am J Epidemiol 1980;112:775-86.
37. Peterson GR, Milham JS. Occupational mortality in the state of California 1969-1971. Cincinnati (OH): National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1980. NIOSH publication no 80104.
38. Sjögren B. A retrospective cohort study of mortality among stainless steel welders. Scand J Work Environ Health 1980;6: 197-200.
39. Beaumont JJ, Weiss NS. Lung cancer among welders. J Occup Med 1981;23:839-44.
40. Polednak AP. Mortality among welders, including a group exposed to nickel oxides. Arch Environ Health 1981;36:235-42.
41. Sjögren B, Malker H. Chromium and asbestos as two probable risk factors in lung cancer among welders. J Occup Med 1982; 24:874-5.
42. McMillan GHG, Pethybridge RJ. The health of welders in Naval dockyards: proportional mortality study of welders and two control groups. J Soc Occup Med 1983;33:75-84.
43. Milham SJ. Occupational mortality in Washington State 1950-1974. Cincinnati (OH): National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1983. NIOSH publication no 83-116.
44. Gallagher RP. Cancer mortality in metal workers. Can Med Assoc J 1983;129:1191-4.
45. Fletcher AC, Ades A. Lung cancer mortality in a cohort of English foundry workers. Scand J Work Environ Health 1984; 10:7-16.
46. Becker N, Claude J, Frentzel-Beyme R. Cancer risk of arc welders exposed to fumes containing chromium and nickel. Scand J Work Environ Health 1985;11:75-82.
47. Newhouse ML, Oakes D, Woolley AJ. Mortality of welders and other craftsmen at a shipyard in NE England. Br J Ind Med 1985;42:406-10.
48. Puntoni R, Vercelli M, Di Giorgio F, Valerio F, Bonassi S, Ceppi M, et al. Mortality study among autogenous and electrical welders in the port of Genoa (Italy). In: Stern RM, Berlin A, Fletcher AC, Jarvisalo J, editors. Proceedings of the international conference on health hazards and biological effects of welding fumes and gases; February 1985, Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica, 1986;469-72.
49. Sjögren B, Weiner J, Horte LG, Carstensen J. Mortality among Swedish welders and gas-cutters. In: Stern RM, Berlin A, Fletcher AC, Jarvisalo J, editors. Proceedings of the international conference on health hazards and biological effects of welding fumes and gases; February 1985; Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica, 1986;457-9.
50. Sjögren B, Carstensen J. Cancer morbidity among Swedish welders and gas cutters. In: Stern RM, Berlin A, Fletcher AC, Järvisalo J, editors. Proceedings of the international conference on health hazards and biological effects of welding fumes and gases; February 1985; Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica, 1986;461-3.
51. Sjögren B, Gustavsson A, Hedström L. Mortality in two cohorts of welders exposed to high- and low-levels of hexavalent chromium. Scand J Work Environ Health 1987;13:247-51.
52. Tola S, Kalliomäki PL, Pukkala E, Asp S, Korkala ML. Incidence of cancer among welders, platers, machinists, and pipe fitters in shipyards and machine shops. Br J Ind Med 1988;45: 209-18.
53. Melkild A, Langård S, Andersen A, Stray Tønnessen JN. Incidence of cancer among welders and other workers in a Norwegian shipyard. Scand J Work Environ Health 1989;15: 387-94.
54. Merlo F, Costantini M, Doria M. Cause specific mortality among workers exposed to welding fumes and gases: a historical prospective study. J Univ Occup Environ Health 1989;11 suppl:302-15.
55. Simonato L, Fletcher AC, Andersen A, Anderson K, Becker N, Chang-Claude J, et al. An historical prospective study of European stainless steel, mild steel and shipyard welders. Br J Ind Med 1991;48:145-54.
56. Steenland K, Beaumont J, Eliot L. Lung cancer in mild steel welders. Am J Epidemiol 1991;133:220-9.
57. Becker N, Chang-Claude J, Frentzel-Beyme R. Risk of cancer for arc welders in the Federal Republic of Germany: results of a second follow up (1983-8). Br J Ind Med 1991;48:675-83.
58. Moulin JJ, Wild P, Haguenoer JM, Faucon D, de Gaudmaris R, Mur JM, et al. A mortality study among mild steel and stainless steel welders. Br J Ind Med 1993;50:234-43.
59. Danielsen E, Langard S, Andersen A, Knudsen O. Incidence of cancer among welders of mild steel and other shipyard workers. Br J Ind Med 1993;50:1097-103.
60. Boffetta P, Fu H. Cancer and occupational exposure to inorganic lead compounds: a meta-analysis of published data. Occup Environ Med 1995;52:73-81
61. Stern RM. Assessment of risk of lung cancer for welders. Arch Environ Health 1983;38:148-55.
62. Peto J. Cancer morbidity and mortality studies of welders. In: Stern RM, Berlin A, Fletcher AC, Järvisalo J, editors. Proceedings of the international conference on health hazards and biological effects of welding fumes and gases; February 1985; Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica, 1986;423-34.
63. Moulin JJ, Diebold F, Limasset J C. Risque de cancer chez les soudeurs: revue bibliographique des enquêtes épidemiologiques. Cahe Notes Doc INRS 1991;145:679-91.
64. Langård S, Stern RM. Nickel in welding fumes :a cancer hazard to welders? a review of epidemiologic studies on cancer in welders. In: Sunderman FW, editor. Nickel in the human environment. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1984:95-103. Scientific publication no 53.
65. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Overall evaluations of carcinogenicity: an updating of IARC monographs volumes 1-42. Lyon: IARC, 1987. IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans, suppl 7.
66. Gerin M, Fletcher AC, Gray C, Winkelman R, Boffetta P, Simonato L. Development and use of a welding process exposure matrix in a historical prospective study of lung cancer risk in European welders. Int J Epidemiol 1993;22 suppl 2: S22-S27.
67. Choi BCK. Definition, sources, magnitude, effect modifiers, and strategies of reduction of the healthy worker effect. J Occup Med 1992;34:979-88.
68. Sterling TD, Weinkam JJ. Extent, persistence, and constancy of the healthy worker or healthy person effect by all and selected causes of death. J Occup Med 1986;28:348-53.
69. Sheers G, Coles RM. Mesothelioma risks in a naval dockyard. Arch Environ Health 1980;35:276-82.
70. Axelson O, Steenland K. Indirect methods of assessing the effects of tobacco use in occupational studies. Am J Ind Med 1988;13:105-18.
71. Sterling TD, Weinkam JJ. Smoking characteristics by type of employment. J Occup Med 1976;18:743-54.
72. Brackbill R, Frazier T, Shilling S. Smoking characteristics of US workers, 1978-1980. Am J Ind Med 1988;13:5-41.
73. Nelson DE, Emont SL, Brackbill R, Lorraine L, Peddicord J, Fiore MC. Cigarette smoking prevalence by occupation in the United States: a comparison between 1978 to 1980 and 1987 to 1990. J Occup Med 1994;36:516-25.