IRSST - Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail

Screening for occupational carcinogens in Montréal : a pilot study

Abstract

The study of the relationship between occupation and cancer can be used as a screening method to discover unsuspected carcinogens.

Validation of the chosen methodology was performed in a study of the occupational and environmental exposures of 650 patients between 35 and 70 years old, drawn from Montréal-area hospitals.

The various data collection procedures were refined, and novel statistical analyses were developed.

A larger-scale project using the statistical analysis techniques developed in this pilot study was performed (RS-85-47).

Additional Information

Type: Project
Number: 0080-0040
Status: Completed
Year of completion: 1982
Team:
  • Jack Siemiatycki (Centre de toxicologie du Québec)