Cement workers

Repeated and prolonged skin contact with cement can result in dermatitis of the hands, forearms, and feet this is a primary irritant dermatitis and may be complicated in some instances by a secondary contact sensitivity to hexavalent chromium. In a study of 95 cement workers, 15 had a mild dermatitis of the hands, which consisted of xerosis with erythema and mild scaling of 20 workers who were patch tested with 0.25% potassium dichromate, one person had a mild reaction and the others were negative. 

The relation between exposure to Portland cement dust and cancer was examined in a population of 546 workers who had been exposed at some time before 1974 for 1 or more years. No increased risk of overall cancer, respiratory cancer, or stomach cancer was found among the cement workers compared with a referent population. ... 

Sander OA Roentgen resurvey of cement workers. AMA Arch Ind Health 17 96-103, 1958... 

Kalacic I Chronic nonspecific lung disease in cement workers. Arch Environ Health 26 78-83, 1973... 

Abrons HL, Peterson MR, Sanderson WT, et al Symptoms, ventilatory function, and environmental exposures in Portland cement workers. Br J Ind Med 45 368-375, 1988... 

McDowall M Cement workers and cancer Epidemiology at work Editorial. Br J Ind Med 43 505-506, 1986... 

Many dietary and environmental factors have been implicated as possible etiologic factors in the development of pancreatic cancer, but no definite causal relationships have been established. The strongest evidence points to cigarette smoking as a risk factor associated with pancreatic cancer (20-24). Occupational exposure to certain chemicals has also been linked to pancreatic carcinoma (25). Others in the high-risk group include stone miners, cement workers, gardeners, textile workers, and leather tanners (17,26). 

Engebrigtsen JK. 1952. Some investigations on hypersensitiveness to bichromate in cement workers. Acta Derm Venereol 32 462-468. 

Using a predictive model developed from mesothelioma data from studies of asbestos insulation workers (Peto et al. 1982), asbestos textile workers (Peto 1980), amosite factory workers (Seidman 1984), and asbestos-cement workers (Finkelstein 1983), EPA (1986a) estimated that continuous lifetime exposure to air containing 0.0001 f/mL of asbestos would result in about 2-3 cases of mesothelioma per 100,000 persons. The corresponding cumulative lifetime exposures associated with excess risks of 10 " -10 are shown in Figure 3-1. Cumulative exposure levels of 0.031, 0.0031, 0.00031, and 0.000031 f-yr/mL represent excess mesothelioma risks of 10" , 10 , 10, and 10 ", respectively. Appendix D provides further details on the derivation of these risk estimates. Currently (in 2001), EPA is in the process of reviewing their cancer risk estimates for asbestos fibers. 

Albin M, Horstmatm V, Jakobsson K, et al. 1996. Survival in cohorts of asbestos cement workers and controls. Occup Environ Med 53 87-93. 

Albin M, Johansson L, Pooley FD, et al. 1990b. Mineral fibres, fibrosis, and asbestos bodies in lung tissue from deceased asbestos cement workers. Br J Ind Med 47 767-774. 

Albin M, Pooley FD, Stromberg U, et al. 1994. Retention patterns of asbestos fibres in lung tissue among asbestos cement workers. Occup Environ Med 51 205-211. 

Belli S, Bruno C, Combat P, et al. 1998. [Cause-specific mortality of asbestos-cement workers compensated for asbestosis in the city of Bari.] Epidemiol Prev 22 8-11. (Italian). 

BottaM, Magnani C, Terracini B, et al. 1991. Mortality from respiratory and digestive cancers among asbestos cement workers in Italy. Cancer Detect Prev 15 445-447. 

Fatma N, Jain AK, Rahman Q. 1991. Frequency of sister chromatid exchange and chromosomal aberrations in asbestos cement workers. Br J Ind Med 48 103-105. 

Finkelstein M. 1986. Pulmonary function in asbestos cement workers A dose-response study. BrJInd Med 43 406-413. 

Finkelstein MM, Vingilis JJ. 1984. Radiographic abnormalities among asbestos-cement workers An exposure-response study. Am Rev Respir Dis 129 17-22. 

Froom P, Lahat N, Kristal-Boneh E, et al. 2000. Circulating natural killer cells in retired asbestos cement workers. J Occup Environ Med 42 19-24. 

Giaroli C, Bruno C, Candela S, et al. 1994. Mortality study of asbestos cement workers. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 66(1) 7-11. 

Johansson L, Albin M, Jakobsson K, et al. 1992. Histological type of lung carcinoma in asbestos cement workers and matched controls. Br J Ind Med 49(9) 626-30. 

Ohlson C-G, Bodin L, Rydman T, et al. 1985. Ventilatory decrements in former asbestos cement workers A four year follow up. BrJlnd Med 42 612-616. 

Ohlson C-G, Rydman T, Sundell L, et al. 1984. Decreased lung function in long-term asbestos cement workers A cross-sectional study. Am J Ind Med 5 359-366. 

Raffh E, Villadsen E, Engholm G, et al. 1996a. Lung cancer in asbestos cement workers in Denmark. Occup Environ Med 53 399-402. 

Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Wilcz5mska U, Sz5miczak W, et al. 1998. Environmental exposure to asbestos in asbestos cement workers A case of additional exposure from indiscriminate use of industrial wastes. 

Tulchinsky TH, Ginsberg GM, Shihab S, et al. 1992. Mesothelioma mortality among former asbestos-cement workers in Israel, 1953-90. Isr J Med Sci 28(8-9) 543-547. 

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