Art glassware and sinonasal cancer: report of three cases.
In a multicenter study on the occupational etiology of sinonasal cancer (s.n.c.) carried out in Italy, we collected information about three cases which had arisen among glass workers: an adenocarcinoma, a melanoma, and a squamocellular carcinoma. The three men worked many years as mixers and/or batchers in artistic glass factories in Tuscany (Italy). We propose a possible etiological role of arsenic dust.
Battista
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Division of Workers' Preventive Medicine, University of Siena, Italy.
Bartoli
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Iaia
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Dini
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Fiumalbi
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Giglioli
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Valiani
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D001151:Arsenic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000652:urine; D001154:Art; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology; D002857:Chromium / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000652:urine; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009532:Nickel / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis / Q000652:urine; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004391:Dust; D002857:Chromium; D009532:Nickel; D001151:Arsenic