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Main Title Cancer risk assessment for workers exposed to nitrosamines in a warehouse of finished rubber products in the Eastern Townships (Québec, Canada) /
Author Carrier, Gaétan.
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Adib, Georges.
Desrosiers, Marie-Claire.
Publisher Direction des risques biologiques et de la santâe au travail [and] Direction de la santâe environnementale et de la toxicologie, Institut national de santâe publique du Quâebec,
Year Published 2011
OCLC Number 792745655
ISBN 9782550620013 (PDF); 2550620011 (PDF); 9782550592495 (French PDF); 2550592492 (French PDF)
Subjects Cancer--Quâebec (Province)--Epidemiology ; Nitrosoamines--Toxicology ; Rubber industry and trade--Health aspects--Quâebec (Province) ; Neoplasms--epidemiology--Quâebec ; Nitrosamines--toxicity ; Rubber--toxicity ; Occupational Exposure--Quâebec
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http://www.inspq.qc.ca/pdf/publications/1263_CancerRiskAssessWorkersNitrosaminesRubber.pdf
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ELBM  RC268.7.N59C27 2011 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 05/07/2012
Collation xi, 73 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"June 2011." "Publication no: 1263." Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-59).
Contents Notes
1. Introduction. 1.1 Objectives -- 1.2 Nitrosamines: definition -- 1.3 Sources of exposure to nitrosamines: 1.3.1 Endogenous sources; 1.3.2 Exogenous sources -- 1.4 N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) -- 1.5 Workplace standards -- 1.6 Cancer research: 1.6.1 Experimental studies; 1.6.2 Historical analysis of cancer risks for workers in the rubber industry worldwide -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Results. 3.1 Exposure to NDMA: 3.1.1 Occupational exposure to nitrosamines identified in the literature; 3.1.2 Estimated workers' exposure to nitrosamines in the warehouse of finished rubber products in the Eastern Townships; 3.1.3 Non-occupational exposure to NDMA in Canada -- 3.2 Analysis of the carcinogenicity of NDMA: 3.2.1 Analysis of experimental studies; 3.2.2 Analysis of the influence of the different inter-species pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of NDMA on cancer risk; 3.2.3 Critical analysis of epidemiological studies in Germany; 3.2.4 Analysis of a British study on workers who began their employment after 1982 in the rubber industry -- 4. Discussion and conclusion -- 5. Recommendations -- References -- Appendix 1. Occupational exposures observed in the rubber products industry in various countries -- Appendix 2. Results of the study by Straif et al. (2000A).