Lung cancer mortality and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in British coke oven workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Workers on coke oven plants may be exposed to potentially carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), particularly during work on the ovens tops. Two cohorts, employees of National Smokeless Fuels (NSF) and the British Steel Corporation (BSC) totalling more than 6,600 British coke plant workers employed in 1967, had been followed up to mid-1987 for mortality. Previous analyses suggested an excess in lung cancer risk of around 25%, or less when compared with Social Class IV ('partly skilled').Analyses based on internal comparisons within the cohorts identified statistical associations with estimates of individual exposures, up to the start of follow-up, to benzene-soluble materials (BSM), widely used as a metric for mixtures of PAHs. Some associations were also

SUBMITTER: Miller BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854128 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature