Taba A H
Cancer Detect Prev. 1981;4(1-4):25-30.
An overview of published information on occupational cancer and recorded ongoing occupational cancer research in developing countries is presented. The main cancers reported, of possible occupational origin, are skin carcinoma, leukemia due to exposure to benzene, asbestos-caused mesothelioma, vinyl chloride-induced hepatic angiosarcoma, carcinoma of bilharzial urinary bladder, stomach cancer reportedly associated with nitrogen fertilizers, lung cancer of nickel smelters, and nasopharyngeal and pulmonary carcinoma in workers exposed to the dust of hard wood. The difficulties of developing efficient occupational cancer prevention are discussed. Some options are analyzed regarding legislative, technological, environmental, medical, administrative, and educational cancer control applicable under conditions of developing countries.
本文概述了发展中国家已发表的关于职业性癌症的信息以及记录在案的正在进行的职业性癌症研究。报告的可能由职业因素引起的主要癌症包括皮肤癌、接触苯导致的白血病、石棉引起的间皮瘤、氯乙烯诱发的肝血管肉瘤、血吸虫性膀胱癌、据报道与氮肥有关的胃癌、镍冶炼厂工人的肺癌以及接触硬木粉尘的工人的鼻咽癌和肺癌。文中讨论了开展有效职业性癌症预防工作的困难。分析了一些适用于发展中国家情况的立法、技术、环境、医疗、行政和教育方面的癌症控制选项。
