Cancer incidence among workers exposed to softwood dust in Lithuania: Table 1

Smailytė, Giedrė

doi:10.1136/oemed-2011-100253

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“…However, one of these studies originated in the USA38 indicating that wood dust type rather than region is the likely cause of the differential risk effects of hardwood and softwood dusts on lung cancer. Consistent with these findings, all studies assessing wood dust-related occupations that described predominant exposure to softwood dust also showed a decreased or non-significant risk for lung cancer, independent of their origin in the Nordic countries 5 38 96 101…”

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confidence: 66%

Wood dust exposure and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysis

et al. 2015

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Wood dust exposure and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysis

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“…Currently, no obstacles exist for measuring cancer incidence in the cohort as was done in a recent study of woodworkers. 30 Follow-up for cause-specific mortality is planned, but slowed due to former restrictions for linkages between registers. The fate of epidemiological research in the Baltic countries like elsewhere depends heavily on the influence of data protection regulations for which a balance between privacy and the public’s interest must be found.…”

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Site-specific cancer risk in the Baltic cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers, 1986–2007

Rahu

Hakulinen

Smailytė

et al. 2013

European Journal of Cancer

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Objective To assess site-specific cancer risk in the Baltic cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers 1986–2007. Methods The Baltic cohort includes 17,040 men from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania who participated in the environmental cleanup after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in 1986–1991, and who were followed for cancer incidence until the end of 2007. Cancer cases diagnosed in the cohort and in the male population of each country were identified from the respective national cancer registers. The proportional incidence ratio (PIR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to estimate the site-specific cancer risk in the cohort. For comparison and as it was possible, the site-specific standardized incidence ratio (SIR) was calculated for the Estonian sub-cohort, which was not feasible for the other countries. Results Overall, 756 cancer cases were reported during 1986–2007. A higher proportion of thyroid cancers in relation to the male population was found (PIR=2.76; 95%CI 1.63–4.36), especially among those who started their mission shortly after the accident, in April–May 1986 (PIR=6.38; 95% CI 2.34–13.89). Also, an excess of oesophageal cancers was noted (PIR=1.52; 95% CI 1.06–2.11). No increased PIRs for leukaemia or radiation-related cancer sites combined were observed. PIRs and SIRs for the Estonian sub-cohort demonstrated the same site-specific cancer risk pattern. Conclusion Consistent evidence of an increase in radiation-related cancers in the Baltic cohort was not observed with the possible exception of thyroid cancer, where conclusions are hampered by known medical examination including thyroid screening among cleanup workers.

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“…In Lille, Frimat et al reported 2% of female timber workers [6]. In a Lithuanian cohort, Smailyte et al had found a higher female presence (29%) [8]. In the south-east of Nigeria, neighboring and developing country like Benin, Aguwa et al reported 491 men and 50 women but the latter were busy with collecting and selling sawdust generated by men's work [9].…”

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ENT Pathologies Screening in Woodworkers in Parakou, Benin

Hounkpatin¹,

Gounongbé²,

Afouda³

et al. 2014

IJOHNS

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Wood dust may induce health risks on exposed timber or wood workers, one of which is ENT disorders. This article aimed to detect ENT pathologies found among woodworkers in Parakou. It was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out from 1 st March to 31 st May, 2012 in Parakou, NorthBenin. It involved 703 carpenters and sawyers operating in timber workshops in Parakou, regardless of age and sex. The mean age of the wood-workers was 26.14 ± 7.77 years. Their seniority in the timber profession was on average 4.9 ± 2.64 years. All of them were males. It had been noticed that 81.6% of them did not comply with any safety measure for their protection. ENT pathology had been diagnosed in 60.3% of the timber workers. Rhinitises came first and affected 43.1% of the workers, followed by pharyngitises (14.1%). The histological nature of the only case of tumor observed in Parakou could not have been specified, as the patient refused to undergo anatomopathological examination. Measures should be taken to get Parakou timber workers to protect themselves.

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Cancer incidence among workers exposed to softwood dust in Lithuania: Table 1

Abstract: This results of this study support the hypothesis that exposure to softwood dust may increase the risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer. No support was found for an increased risk of other respiratory cancers among workers exposed to softwood dust.

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Wood dust exposure and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysis

Wood dust exposure and lung cancer risk: a meta-analysis

Site-specific cancer risk in the Baltic cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers, 1986–2007

ENT Pathologies Screening in Woodworkers in Parakou, Benin

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