title: Cancer and the workplace.
abstract: The study of occupationally related cancers has played an important role in the control of cancer in general. The very nature of the workplace allows for studies that can help establish a relationship between an environmental exposure and cancer. Once carcinogens are identified, strategies can be developed to prevent disease. The article reviews procedures for identifying, evaluating, and categorizing human carcinogens; provides an overview of the basic epidemiologic strategies that have been used to study cancer and the workplace; and outlines the clinical evaluation of occupational exposures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Stellman
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Stellman
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D015197:Carcinogenicity Tests; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000633:toxicity; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D018401:Sample Size; D017132:Workplace
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens