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Revista de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 0124-0064
Abstract
HENRIQUEZ-MENDOZA, Giana M.; CRUZ, Francy L.; CORTES-SANCHEZ, Carlos and GIRALDO-LUNA, Clara M.. Relevant occupational carcinogens in Colombia, 2020 updated list. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.4, pp.1-. Epub May 13, 2022. ISSN 0124-0064. https://doi.org/10.15446/rsap.v23n4.85134.
Objective
Update of relevant occupational carcinogens list in the Colombian context.
Materials and Methods
A unique list was prepared for the Colombian context from the Manual of Carcinogens of Groups 1 and 2A of the IARC, of occupational interest for Colombia, 2006 and the document CAREX-2012 of the National Cancer Institute. These documents were compared with lists of internationally relevant occupational carcinogens based on a literature review with words "occupational carcinogens", "exposure", and "neoplasm". Additionally, these publications were compared with the information available in the Online Monograph Program of the International Agency for Research on Cancer-IARC, up to monograph number 123.
Results
52 relevant occupational carcinogens, 25 chemical, four physical, four biological, eight mixtures and eleven exposure circumstances are proposed.
Conclusions
the update included physical agents: ultraviolet radiation from welding and Radon-222 and their decomposition products (emitters of alpha particles); mixtures: leather dust, wood dust and shale oil; and exposure circumstances: fumes from welding and outside air pollution and particulate matter in outside polluted air.
Keywords : Occupational exposure; carcinogenic dangers; occupational cancer; occupational medicine (source: MeSH, NLM)..