Nostril Adenocarcinoma in a Male with Exhibition to Wood Dust

Is ethmoidal adenocarcinoma screening in employees exposed to wood dust justified?

INTRODUCTION Since 1995, the means which are used for the follow-up of wood-workers in France are obsolete. Based on experts' opinions, they have never been assessed as effective in the detection of adenocarcinoma of the ethmoid sinus. OBJECTIVE Collecting the data present in the literature to justify the necessity and the means of a screening protocol that would help detect ethmoidal adenoca...

Personal exposure to wood dust among workers in NekaChoob factory in 2013

Background and Purpose: Inhalation of hardwood dust may produce a range of adverse health effects in the upper and lower respiratory system, including asthma, along with Sino-nasal cancer and nasopharyngeal cancer. This study was carried out to evaluate personal exposure to wood dust among workers in chipboard and furniture production saloons in Neka Choob factory, Iran. Materials a...

Wood Dust

ed from the death certificates. Woodworking was associated with an ageand raceadjusted odds ratio of 0.9 (95% CI, 0.7-1.0). The odds ratio for occupations ìn wood products industries was 0.7 (0.5-0.9) and that for carpenters was 0.9 (0.7-1.1). Fincham et aL. (1993) reported on a case-control study of cancers at several sites, using data from the Alberta Cancer Registry, Canada. On the basis of ...

Erratum to "Wood Charcoal Dust Pneumoconiosis".

Lung function: occupational exposure to wood dust

OBJECTIVES Occupational exposure to wood dust has been shown to cause several respiratory disorders, such as allergic rhinitis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, sino-nasal adenocarcinoma, and impairment of lung function. The aim of the study was to estimate lung function (in the woodworking industry) among workers employed by wood processing, who run the risk of being expose to wood dust. METHODS ...