Purpose The role of occupational risk factors in oral and pharyngeal cancer is not well
known and is possibly underestimated. This quantitative review summarizes …

Rationale: Asbestos, smoking, and asbestosis increase lung cancer risk in incompletely
elucidated ways. Smoking cessation among asbestos-exposed cohorts has been little …

Asbestos has been used extensively and, in spite of many countries having banned most of
its uses, professional, domestic and environmental exposure has not ceased worldwide …

Objective To investigate cause-specific mortality among asbestos workers and potentially
exposed workers in Belgium and evaluate potential excess in mortality due to established …

Background The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) established a
screening program in 1985 to examine the health hazards of the sheet metal industry in the …

Background A medical screening program began in 1986 for sheet metal workers exposed
to asbestos, primarily while working alongside insulators applying spray‐on asbestos …

Objective This study explored the risk of respiratory cancer and non-malignant respiratory
disease (NMRD)-related mortality among older construction workers. Methods Analyzed …

Background It has been a matter of controversy whether there is an increased risk of lung
cancer among asbestos‐exposed workers without radiographic asbestosis. A previous study …

Construction differs from other industry sectors in the increased organizational complexity
required on many projects. The direct relevance of this complexity to safety and health was …

Estudios sugieren una asociación entre exposición ocupacional en la industria de la
construcción y cáncer de pulmón. Sin embargo, la evidencia de la literatura es limitada. Se …