Association between Occupational Exposure to Wood Dust and Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To perform a systematic review to analyze the association between occupational exposure to wood dust and cancer.

Methods

A systematic literature search of entries made in the MEDLINE-PubMed database between 1957 and 2013 was conducted to identify studies that had assessed the relationship between occupational exposure to wood dust and different types of cancer. A meta-analysis of selected case-control and cohort studies was subsequently performed.

Results

A total of 114 studies were identified and 70 were selected for review. Of these, 42 studies focused on the relationship between wood dust and nasal cancer (n = 22), lung cancer (n = 11), and other types of cancer (n = 9). Low-to-moderate quality evidence that wood dust acts as a carcinogen was obtained, an

SUBMITTER: Alonso-Sardon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4507857 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature