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Prevention of Occupationally Induced Cancer

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A number of workplace exposures are known to cause cancer. In fact, the workplace has been a major source of information regarding causes of cancer. In most countries, there are sizable public and private efforts to control occupational exposures to minimize disease risks. Despite these considerable and appropriate, preventive efforts, there is relatively little information on their effectiveness. The few studies available do indicate that controlling occupational exposures leads to a reduction in cancer risk. However, details regarding this reduction, e.g., time-dependent changes in risk following intervention and potential confounding and effect modification from other occupational exposures or personal habits, are largely lacking. Such information is needed to identify and characterize successful exposure-reduction approaches and to reduce the cancer burden on our working population in a timely manner.

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  1. Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Executive Plaza South, Room 8008, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Aaron Blair

  2. Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Karin Hohenadel & Paul Demers

  3. Prevention and Cancer Control, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Loraine Marrett

  4. Section of IARC Monographs, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

    Kurt Straif

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Blair, A., Hohenadel, K., Demers, P., Marrett, L., Straif, K. (2013). Prevention of Occupationally Induced Cancer. In: Miller, A. (eds) Epidemiologic Studies in Cancer Prevention and Screening. Statistics for Biology and Health, vol 79. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5586-8_3

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