Journal of Clinical Toxicology
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0495
ISSN: 2161-0495
Deschamps F
Medicine Faculty, University of Champagne-Ardenne,
51 rue Cognacq Jay 51100 Reims
France
Research Article
Specific Job-Exposure Records to Assess in Routine Present Carcinogenic
Risks
Author(s): Deschamps FDeschamps F
Objectives: The aim of the study is to use specific job-exposure records, to identify occupational exposures to carcinogens. Methodology: We built 105 forms corresponding to specific jobs, including the main risks. The occupational practitioner during the annual medical examination indicated by a cross the presence or lack of specific risks. Results: A specific job-exposure record was filled for each of 2017 workers between February 2004 and September 2007. Nine hundred and fifty three workers corresponding to 47% of the studied population were exposed during work to one carcinogen or more. Main carcinogenic exposures were Hepatitis B viruses (712 cases), environmental tobacco smoke (85 cases) and inorganic acids (81 cases). Discussion: The workers are exposed to occupational carcinogens, although most of them belong not to industrial but to tertiary sector, which gathered activities .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0495.1000135