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• polveri di cotone e K polmonare
• (22/11/2007 22:49)

Ecco un articolo che trovo abbastanza interessante
or ora pubblicato sul Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, le cui conclusioni sono opposte a quanto ci si potrebbe attendere.
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Kuzmickiene I, Stukonis M
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2007 2:14 ( 16
November 2007 )
[Abstract] [Provisional PDF]

Research
Lung cancer risk among textile workers in Lithuania
Irena Kuzmickiene and Mecys Stukonis



Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2007,
2:14doi:10.1186/1745-6673-2-14


Published: 16 November 2007

Abstract (provisional)

Background
The textile industry is one of the largest employers in Lithuania.
IARC monograph concludes that working in the textile manufacturing industry
entails exposures that are possibly carcinogenic to humans. The purpose of
this study was to investigate risk of lung cancer incidence in textile
industry workers by the type of job and evaluate the relation between
occupational textile dusts exposure and lung cancer risk in a cohort.

Methods
Altogether 14650 textile workers were included in this retrospective
study and were followed from 1978 to 2002. Lung cancer risk was analyzed
using the standardized incidence ratios (SIR) calculated by the person-years
method. The expected number of cases was calculated by indirect methods
using Lithuanian incidence rates.

Results
During the period of 25 years 70 cancer cases for male and 15 for
female were identified. The SIR for male was 0.94 (95% CI PI 0.73-1.19), for
female 1.36 (95% CI 0.76-2.25). The lung cancer risk for male in the cotton
textile production unit was significantly lower after 10 years of employment
(SIR = 0.34; 95% CI 0.12-0.73). The lung cancer risk decreased with level of
exposure to textile dust (p for trends was

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