Occupational exposure to carcinogens in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic in 1997

Kauppinen, Timo; Pajarskiene, Birute; Podniece, Z; Rjazanov, Vladislav; Šmerhovský, Zdeněk; Veidebaum, Toomas; Leino, Timo

doi:10.5271/sjweh.623

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“…The CAREX surveillance system has already been fully explained elsewhere [3], [4], [5], [6]. A brief description of the assessment procedures used to estimate the number of workers exposed to DEE in this study is presented here as Fig.…”

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“…The carcinogen exposure (CAREX) system is an international information system for estimating the numbers of workers exposed to known (Group 1) and suspected (Group 2A) carcinogens as classified by the IARC. Estimates on occupational exposure to carcinogens in the European Union (EU) in the 1990s, including DEE, have been published [3], [4]. CAREX was subsequently adapted to serve as a carcinogen exposure surveillance system in several countries [5], [6], [7].…”

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Estimates of the Number of Workers Exposed to Diesel Engine Exhaust in South Korea from 1993 to 2013

Choi

Park

Kim

et al. 2016

Safety and Health at Work

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BackgroundThe aim of this study was to estimate the number of workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust (DEE) by industry and year in the Republic of Korea.MethodThe estimates of workers potentially exposed to DEE in the Republic of Korea were calculated by industry on the basis of the carcinogen exposure (CAREX) surveillance system. The data on the labor force employed in DEE exposure industries were obtained from the Census on Establishments conducted by the Korea National Statistical Office from 1993 to 2013. The mean values of prevalence rates adopted by EU15 countries were used as the primary exposure prevalence rates. We also investigated the exposure prevalence rates and exposure characteristics of DEE in 359 workplaces representing 11 industries.ResultsThe total number of workers exposed to DEE were estimated as 270,014 in 1993 and 417,034 in 2013 (2.2% of the total labor force). As of 2013, the industry categorized as “Land transport” showed the highest number of workers exposed to DEE with 174,359, followed by “Personal and household services” with 70,298, “Construction” with 45,555, “Wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels” with 44,005, and “Sanitation and similar services” with 12,584. These five industries, with more than 10,000 workers exposed to DEE, accounted for 83% of the total DEE-exposed workers. Comparing primary prevalence rates used for preliminary estimation among 49 industries, “Metal ore mining” had the highest rate at 52.6%, followed by “Other mining” with 50.0%, and “Land transport” with 23.6%.ConclusionThe DEE prevalence rates we surveyed (1.3–19.8%) were higher than the primary prevalence rates. The most common emission sources of DEE were diesel engine vehicles such as forklifts, trucks, and vans. Our estimated numbers of workers exposed to DEE can be used to identify industries with workers requiring protection from potential exposure to DEE in the Republic of Korea.

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Estimates of the Number of Workers Exposed to Diesel Engine Exhaust in South Korea from 1993 to 2013

Choi

Park

Kim

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Safety and Health at Work

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“…Em geral, foi observado que cada trabalhador estava, em média, exposto a mais de um agente cancerígeno. Em 1997, o CA-REX foi ampliado para a Estônia, Letônia, Lituâ-nia e República Checa 33 . Fora do continente europeu, o CAREX foi adaptado para a Costa Rica 34 .…”

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Avaliação retrospectiva da exposição ocupacional a cancerígenos: abordagem epidemiológica e aplicação em vigilância em saúde

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Filho

2004

Cad. Saúde Pública

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IntroduçãoA mensuração da exposição a agentes cancerí-genos nos ambientes de trabalho é uma tarefa complexa, pois, habitualmente configuram-se situações ambientais com múltiplas exposições. Por outro lado, o câncer é doença com longo período de latência, assim, a avaliação retrospectiva da exposição requer instrumentos que recuperem informações sobre as experiências do indivíduo em passado distante ao do diagnóstico da doença.A estimativa da fração atribuível a exposições ocupacionais para o câncer é variável, entre 4% e 40%, dependendo do tipo de tumor, da população estudada e da metodologia empregada 1 . Argumenta-se que a exposição ocupacional a cancerígenos seria maior nos trabalhadores dos países em desenvolvimento, como decorrência das precárias condições de trabalho e do uso de tecnologia obsoleta 2 .A Agência Internacional para a Pesquisa sobre Câncer (International Agency for Research on Cancer -IARC) da Organização Mundial da Saúde reconhece atualmente 88 agentes, grupos de agentes ou circunstâncias, como cancerígenos para os humanos, dos quais 23 são encontrados principalmente em ambientes ocupacionais e 13 constituem-se em processos de trabalho 3 .No Brasil, a legislação específica do Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego (MTE) proíbe o uso

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“…About 700,000 tons of raw asbestos have been used in Lithuania since 1961 for asbestos-cement corrugated sheets and pipes, for the insulation of boilers and pipes, and for friction products [State Labour Inspection, 2001;Smailytė et al, 2003]. According to the International Information System on Occupational Exposure to Known or Suspected Carcinogens (CAREX) estimates, there were 7,451 workers exposed to asbestos in Lithuania in 1997, 3,120 (42%) of whom worked in the construction sector [Pajarskiene and Kauppinen, 2000;Kauppinen et al, 2001]. There were two factories manufacturing asbestos-cement pipes and tiles in the country.…”

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Occupational asbestos exposure among respiratory cancer patients in Lithuania

Everatt¹,

Smolianskienė²,

Tossavainen

et al. 2007

American J Industrial Med

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Occupational exposure to carcinogens in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Czech Republic in 1997

Cited by 24 publications

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Estimates of the Number of Workers Exposed to Diesel Engine Exhaust in South Korea from 1993 to 2013

Estimates of the Number of Workers Exposed to Diesel Engine Exhaust in South Korea from 1993 to 2013

Avaliação retrospectiva da exposição ocupacional a cancerígenos: abordagem epidemiológica e aplicação em vigilância em saúde

Occupational asbestos exposure among respiratory cancer patients in Lithuania

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