Cancer Risks among Welders and Occasional Welders in a National Population-Based Cohort Study: Canadian Census Health and Environmental Cohort

Background: Welders are exposed to many known and suspected carcinogens. An excess lung cancer risk among welders is well established, but whether this is attributable to welding fumes is unclear. Excess risks of other cancers have been suggested, but not established. We investigated welding cancer...

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Main Authors: Jill S. MacLeod, M. Anne Harris, Michael Tjepkema, Paul A. Peters, Paul A. Demers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791116300944