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Theme
Organizations
Description of project
Years
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
Main investigator(s)
Project coordination
Project numbers
Publications
Theme
Occupation – Pulp and Paper – British Columbia
Organization(s)
British Columbia Cancer Agency
Description of project
The purpose of this study was to provide data on significant risk factors affecting the pulp and paper industry. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) was conducting an international epidemiological study of workers in the pulp and paper industry involving several countries.
Years
Death years: 1950 – 1992
Cancer years: 1969 – 1993
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
31,275 men; 35 women
Main investigator(s)
Dr. Pierre Band, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Project coordination
Martha Fair, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Project number(s)
1994-018
Publications
Band PR, Le ND , Fang R, Threlfall WJ, Asktrakianakis G, Anderson JT, Keefe A, Krewski D. Cohort mortality study of pulp and paper mill workers in British Columbia, Canada. American Journal of Epidemiology 1997; 146(2): 186-194.
Kauppinen T, Teschke K, Savela A, Kogevinas M, Boffetta P. International data base of exposure measurements in the pulp, paper and paper products industries. International Archives of Environment Health 1997; 70(2): 119-127.
Band PR, Le ND , Fang R, Astrakianakis G, Bert J, Keefe A, Krewski D. Cohort cancer incidence among pulp and paper mill workers in British Columbia . Scandinavian Journal of Environmental Health 2001; 27(2): 113-119.
Korhonen K, Liukkonen T, Ahrens W, Astrakianakis G, Boffetta P, Burdorf A, Heederik D, Kauppinen T, Kogevinas M, Osvoll P, Rix BA, Saalo A, Sunyer J, Szadkowska-Stanczyk I, Teschke K, Westberg H, Widerkiewiez K. Occupational exposure of chemical agents in the paper industry. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 2004; 77(7): 451-460. Epub 2004 Sept 10.
