作者
Frank Pega, Nicholas Chartres, Neela Guha, Alberto Modenese, Rebecca L Morgan, Martha S Martínez-Silveira, Dana Loomis
发表日期
2020/12/1
来源
Environment international
卷号
145
页码范围
106089
出版商
Pergamon
简介
Background
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are developing joint estimates of the work-related burden of disease and injury (WHO/ILO Joint Estimates), with contributions from a large network of experts. Welding fumes have been classified as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1) by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC); this assessment found sufficient evidence from studies in humans that welding fumes are a cause of lung cancer. In this article, we present the protocol for a systematic review of parameters for estimating the number of deaths and disability-adjusted life years from trachea, bronchus and lung cancer attributable to occupational exposure to welding fumes, to inform the development of the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates.
Objectives
We aim to systematically review and meta-analyse estimates of the effect of occupational exposure to …
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