Cancer Risk to Naval Divers: Response

Cancer risks in naval divers with multiple exposures to carcinogens.

We investigated risks for cancer and the case for a cause-effect relationship in five successive cohorts of naval commando divers (n = 682) with prolonged underwater exposures (skin, gastrointestinal tract, and airways) to many toxic compounds in the Kishon River, Israel's most polluted waterway, from 1948 to 1995. Releases of industrial, ship, and agricultural effluents in the river increased ...

Cancer risk among professional inshore divers in Norway.

BACKGROUND Professional divers are exposed to physiological effects of increased ambient pressure and may be exposed to hazards like carcinogens in polluted breathing gas and water. Consequences in terms of adverse health effects and mortality have been debated for many years. AIM The aim of this study was to compare the risk of cancer in Norwegian professional divers to that of the general p...

Breathing pattern and ventilatory response to carbon dioxide in divers.

The breathing pattern and ventilatory response to carbon dioxide of 10 experienced divers was compared with that of 10 nondivers of similar age and build. Breathing pattern was described by the equation VE = M (VT - K) and the response to carbon dioxide by VE = S(PCO2 - B). The divers exhibited a value form 27% lower than the nondivers; S was 33% lower. The difference was significant (P less th...

Cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular risk assessment in professional divers.

BACKGROUND The professional diver's activity implies body cardiovascular stress. Little data on cardiovascular risk factors is available. Some studies report a high prevalence of tobacco consumption. The purpose of this study is to investigate the cardiovascular risk factors of professional divers and calculate the predicted 5-year risk and the predicted 10-year risk of an acute coronary event....

Finnish divers' view of occupational risks and risk taking.