Arsenic exposure in a copper smelter as related to histological type of lung cancer

Tissue samples from lung cancer patients who had worked at a copper smelter and from controls were collected and classified by a panel of pathologists: 38% of the cancers were found to be adenocarcinomas, compared to 12% among the controls, a statistically significant difference (p

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Veröffentlicht in:	Am. J. Ind. Med.; (United States) 1981, Vol.2 (1), p.25-31
Hauptverfasser:	Wicks, Merrill J., Archer, Victor E., Auerbach, Oscar, Kuschner, Marvin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	550900 - Pathology 560306 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987) Aged ARSENIC Arsenic - adverse effects BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BODY bronchogenic cancer CARCINOGENS CARCINOMAS COPPER DISEASES ELEMENTS HAZARDS HEALTH HAZARDS Humans INDUSTRY Lung Neoplasms - chemically induced Lung Neoplasms - pathology LUNGS METAL INDUSTRY Metallurgy METALS NEOPLASMS occupational cancer Occupational Diseases - chemically induced OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ORGANS PATHOLOGY PATIENTS PERSONNEL RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT RESPIRATORY SYSTEM SAFETY SEMIMETALS smelter SMELTERS TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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Zusammenfassung:	Tissue samples from lung cancer patients who had worked at a copper smelter and from controls were collected and classified by a panel of pathologists: 38% of the cancers were found to be adenocarcinomas, compared to 12% among the controls, a statistically significant difference (p
ISSN:	0271-3586 1097-0274
DOI:	10.1002/ajim.4700020106