title: Asphalt--a continuing challenge.
abstract: Assessing the health risks of complex mixtures of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons such as diesel fumes and asphalt or bitumen continues to be a major challenge for occupational and environmental health scientists. The special Asphalt issue of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine (Cancer Mortality Among European Asphalt Workers (Am.J.Ind.Med. Volume 43, Number 1, 2003) presented the results of a major multi-country epidemiological study of a group of workers exposed to one common commercial PAH mixture, asphalt or bitumen.
authors.affiliation: Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America, 905 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA. Melius@nysliuna.org
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Melius
mesh_terms: D003252:Construction Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons; C006647:asphalt