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Some Hazards due to occupation and associated cancers
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Agent
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Tumor Sites
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Occupation
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Asbestos
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Lung, pleura, peritoneum
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Miners, manufacturers, users
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Arsenic
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Skin, lung, liver
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Miners and smelters, oil refinery,
pesticide workers
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Benzene
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Hemopoietic tissue
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Process workers, textile workers
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Cadmium
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Lung, kidney, prostate
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Battery workers, smelters
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Chloroethers
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Lung
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Chemical plant workers, process workers
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Chromium
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Lung, nasal cavity, sinuses
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Process and production workers, pigment workers
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Mustard gas
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Bronchi, lung, larynx
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Production workers
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Naphthylamines
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Bladder
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Dyestuff makers and workers, Chemical workers, printers
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Nickel
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Lung, nasal sinuses
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Smelters and process workers
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Polycyclic aromatic
Hydrocarbons
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Respiratory system,
bladder
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Furnace, foundry, shale, and gas workers; chimney sweeps
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Radon, radium,
Uranium
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Skin, lung, bone tissue,
bone marrow
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Medical and industrial chemists, miners
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UV radiation
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Skin
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Outdoor exposure
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X rays
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Bone marrow, skin
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Medical and industrial workers
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Participants