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| Titel: |
Occupational and environmental carcinogens in epidemiology of lung cancer in South Indian population |
| Auteur: |
N Kirmani |
| Verschenen in: |
Biology and medicine |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 2 (2010) nr. 4 pagina's 1-11 |
| Jaar: |
2010 |
| Inhoud: |
The present epidemiological study assessed smoking and non-smoking lung cancer patients with pesticide andother environmental exposures as additional risk factors. 152 confirmed lung cancer patients were screened andall patients were divided into four different groups based on epidemiological findings, we found increase in lungcancer incidences in the category where smoking habit with exposure to pesticides was highest ((p =0.0006)followed by smoking habit and environmental carcinogens as risk factor. The incidence of lung cancer increasedwith age where probability was p<0.025 in the age group of 50-70 years. Pesticides and other carcinogenicexposures are added burdens in smokers as tobacco smoke contains several carcinogenic compounds and heavymetal contaminants such as cadmium, which are harmful to the lungs. This is the first report of our findings whichrecommends the inclusion of pesticide exposure in relation to/or in combination with smoking habits inepidemiological data. Since tobacco smoke contains heavy metals like cadmium - a known carcinogen andprolonged exposure to pesticides increases cancer incidence in smokers and these are modifiable risk factors in lungcancer that can be counseled. |
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