title: Problems and perspective in epidemiological study of occupational health hazards in the rubber industry.
abstract: An epidemiological analysis of the problems in the study of companies engaged in the manufacture of rubber products in different countries and in different time periods is given. Selected findings on cancer of gallbladder and biliary system, cancer of the lung, and tumors of the central nervous system among rubber workers are presented.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002617:Chemical Industry; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012408:Rubber; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D012408:Rubber