Cancer hazards caused by nickel and chromium exposure

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/15287398009529940· OSTI ID:6671606

Norseth, T

An increased risk of cancer associated with nickel refining and with chromate production has been known for some decades. The occupational exposure pattern of both nickel and chromium is very complex. Nickel subsulfide may be the most potent carcinogen among the different nickel compounds. A correlation between lung cancer and exposure to chromates has been shown in several studies. Hexavalent chromium has been suggested as the causative carcinogen among platers and ferrochromium workers. There is an urgent need for careful dose registration before a quantitative cancer risk analysis can be performed for the nickel and chromium industry.

• Research Organization: Inst. of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
• OSTI ID: 6671606
• Journal Information: J. Toxicol. Environ. Health; (United States), Vol. 6:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
CARCINOGENESIS
RISK ASSESSMENT
CHROMATES
CHROMIUM
CHROMIUM OXIDES
LUNGS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
NICKEL
ELECTROREFINING
WELDING
NICKEL SULFIDES
AIR
NEOPLASMS
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PERSONNEL
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
QUANTITY RATIO
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
URINE
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS
DISEASES
ELECTROLYSIS
ELEMENTS
FABRICATION
FLUIDS
GASES
JOINING
LYSIS
MATERIALS
METALS
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PATHOGENESIS
PROCESSING
REFINING
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SAFETY
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WASTES
560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987)