Estimating the burden of occupational cancer as a strategic step to prevention

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages S1-S2

  Straif, Kurt ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 84862680706     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.135     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Cherrie JW, Van Tongeren M, Semple S (2007) Exposure to occupational carcinogens in Great Britain. Ann Occup Hyg 51: 653–664
2. Doll R, Peto R (1981) The causes of cancer: quantitative estimates of avoidable risks of cancer in the United States today. J Natl Cancer Inst 66: 1191–1308
3. IARC (2012) Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1–103. http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php
4. Järvholm B, Reuterwall C, Bystedt J (2012) Mortality attributable to occupational exposure in Sweden. Scand J Work Environ Health; e-pub ahead of print; doi:10.5271/sjweh.3284
5. Rushton L, Bagga S, Bevan R, Brown TP, Cherrie JW, Holmes P, Fortunato L, Slack R, Van Tongeren M, Young C, Hutchings SJ (2010) Occupation and cancer in Britain. Br J Cancer 102: 1428–1437
6. Rushton L, Hutchings S, Brown T (2008) The burden of cancer at work: estimation as the first step to prevention. Occup Environ Med 65: 789–800
7. Tan E, Warren N, Darnton AJ, Hodgson JT (2010) Projection of mesothelioma mortality in Britain using Bayesian methods. Br J Cancer 103: 430–436