Resources Type - Occupational Cancer Research Centre

Impact of Interventions to Prevent Asbestos-Related Respiratory Disease in an Exposed Worker Registry Using a Simplified G-computation

DeBono NL, Everest L, Richardson DB, Berriault C, Yeo R, Meeds M, Arrandale V, Demers PA. Impact of Interventions to...

Occupational Asbestos Exposure and Gastrointestinal Cancers: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses

Koehoorn M, McLeod C, Fan J, Arrandale V, Davies H, Dement J, Pahwa M, Peters C, Stayner L, Straif K...

Characterizing Radon Among Public Buildings and Small/Medium-Sized Businesses in a Canadian Province

Updating a diesel engine exhaust job-exposure matrix with published measurement data

Surveillance of asbestos related disease among workers enrolled in an exposure registry

Respirable crystalline silica and lung cancer in community-based studies: impact of job-exposure matrix specifications on exposure-response relationships

Ohlander J, Kromhout H, Vermeulen R, Portengen L, Kendzia B, Savary B, Cavallo D, Cattaneo A, Migliori E, Richiardi L...

Flames and Risks: Firefighting Causes Cancer

This fact sheet summarizes cancer risks among Ontario firefighters, based on results from the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS).

Radon Resources

Career fire hall exposures to diesel engine exhaust in Ontario, Canada

Construction Exposure Profiles | Wood Dust

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to wood dust and disease risks within the construction sector.

Construction Exposure Profiles | Welding Fumes

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to welding fumes and disease risks within the construction sector.

Construction Exposure Profiles | Solar Radiation

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to solar radiation and disease risks within the construction sector.

Construction Exposure Profiles | Silica

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to silica and disease risks within the construction sector.

Construction Exposure Profiles | Paints

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to paints and disease risks within the construction sector.

Construction Exposure Profiles | Lead

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to lead and disease risks within the construction sector.

Construction Exposure Profiles | Diesel Engine Exhaust

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to diesel engine exhaust and disease risks within the construction sector.

Construction Exposure Profiles | Asbestos

This fact sheet highlights occupational exposures to asbestos and disease risks within the construction sector.

Are Boilermakers a High-Risk Trade?

This fact sheets summarizes the risks of exposures to a variety of occupational hazards among Ontario boilermakers in the ODSS.

Est-ce que le métier de chaudronnier du bâtiment est un métier à haut risque?

Version française - This fact sheets summarizes the risks of exposures to a variety of occupational hazards among Ontario boilermakers in the ODSS.

Asbestos in Schools: Occupational Risks Among Education Workers

This fact sheet summarizes the risk of occupational asbestos exposure among Ontario education workers in the ODSS.

L’amiante dans les écoles : Risques professionnels chez les travailleurs de l’éducation

Version française - This fact sheet summarizes the risk of occupational asbestos exposure among Ontario education workers in the ODSS.

Occupational Risks and Acute Myocardial Infarction

This fact sheet summarizes the occupational risks that may contribute to AMI among Ontario workers in the ODSS.

Risques professionnels et IAM

Version française - This fact sheet summarizes the occupational risks that may contribute to AMI among Ontario workers in the ODSS.

Work-related COPD: What are the risks?

This fact sheet summarizes the occupational risks of COPD among Ontario workers in the ODSS.

MPOC liée au travail : Quels sont les risques?

Version française - This fact sheet summarizes the occupational risks of COPD among Ontario workers in the ODSS.

Occupational Risks for Asbestos-related Disease

This fact sheet summarizes occupational risks for asbestos-related disease among Ontario workers.

Risques professionnels pour les maladies liées à l’amiante

Version française - This fact sheet summarizes occupational risks for asbestos-related disease among Ontario workers.

Incidence of mesothelioma and asbestosis by occupation in a diverse workforce

DeBono NL, Warden H, Logar-Henderson C, Shakik S, Dakouo M, MacLeod J, Demers PA. Incidence of mesothelioma and asbestosis by...

Estimating Historical Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Mining Industry in Ontario, Canada Using a Newly Developed Exposure Database

Mesothelioma Surveillance & Prognosis in Ontario

Mortality among uranium miners in North America and Europe: the Pooled Uranium Miners Analysis (PUMA)

Diesel Engine Exhaust Exposure, Smoking, and Lung Cancer Subtype Risks. A Pooled Exposure–Response Analysis of 14 Case–Control Studies

Innovations in applied decision theory for health and safety

Richardson DB, DeBono NL, Berriault C, Demers PA. Innovations in applied decision theory for health and safety. Occup Environ Med...

Estimating the burden of lung cancer in Canada attributed to occupational radon exposure using a novel exposure assessment method

OCRC Report: Future Burden of Cancer in Construction Workshop

A probabilistic approach for economic evaluation of occupational health and safety interventions: a case study of silica exposure reduction interventions in the construction sector

OCRC Report: Burden of occupational cancer in Canada – Major workplace carcinogens and prevention of exposure

Histopathologic Analysis of Lung Cancer Incidence Associated with Radon Exposure among Ontario Uranium Miners

Ramkissoon A, Navaranjan G, Berriault C, Villeneuve PJ, Demers PA, Do MT. Histopathologic Analysis of Lung Cancer Incidence Associated with...

Exposure of Canadian electronic waste dismantlers to flame retardants

Flame retardants and plasticizers in a Canadian waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) dismantling facility

Burden of Occupational Cancer: Fact Sheets

Controlling Diesel Particulate Matter in Construction

Burden of lung cancer attributable to occupational diesel engine exhaust exposure in Canada

OCRC Report: Assessment of diesel exhaust exposure in municipal fire halls in Ontario

Video: Scientist Victoria Arrandale discusses e-waste in the The Agenda with Steve Paikin program

Alternative Flame Retardant, 2,4,6-Tris(2,4,6-tribromophenoxy)-1,3,5-triazine, in an E-waste Recycling Facility and House Dust in North America

Controlling Diesel Particulate Matter from On-Road Diesel Engines

Cancer risks in a population-based study of 70,570 agricultural workers: results from the Canadian census health and Environment cohort (CanCHEC)

Controlling Diesel Particulate Matter in Underground Mines

Exposure–Response Analyses of Asbestos and Lung Cancer Subtypes in a Pooled Analysis of Case–Control Studies

Cancer incidence and mortality from exposure to radon progeny among Ontario uranium miners

Differences in the carcinogenic evaluation of glyphosate between the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Portier CJ, Armstrong BK, Baguley BC, Baur X, Belyaev I, Bellé R, Belpoggi F, Biggeri A, Bosland MC, Bruzzi P...

Bladder cancer and occupational exposure to diesel and gasoline engine emissions among Canadian men

Latifovic L, Villeneuve PJ, Parent MÉ, Johnson KC, Kachuri L. Bladder cancer and occupational exposure to diesel and gasoline engine...

From Awareness to Action: The Community of Sarnia Mobilizes to Protect its Workers from Occupational Disease

Kramer DM, McMillan K, Gross E, Bradley M, Holness DL. From Awareness to Action: The Community of Sarnia Mobilizes to...

A comparison of exposure assessment approaches: lung cancer and occupational asbestos exposure in a population-based case-control study

Hardt JS, Vermeulen R, Peters S, Kromhout H, McLaughlin JR, Demers PA. A comparison of exposure assessment approaches: lung cancer...

Exposures to multiple pesticides and the risk of Hodgkin lymphoma in Canadian men

Navaranjan G, Hohenadel K, Blair A, Demers PA, Spinelli JJ, Pahwa P, McLaughlin JR, Dosman JA, Ritter L, Harris SA...

An overview of results from the Cross-Canada Study of Pesticides and Health and current state of the North American Pooled Project

Multiple pesticide exposures and the risk of multiple myeloma in Canadian men

Kachuri L, Demers PA, Blair A, Spinelli JJ, Pahwa M, McLaughlin JR, Pahwa P, Dosman JA, Harris SA. Multiple pesticide...

Epidemiologic Studies of Pentachlorophenol Users

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Pesticide use, immunologic conditions, and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Canadian men in six provinces

Pahwa M Harris SA, Hohenadel K, McLaughlin JR, Spinelli JJ, Pahwa P, Dosman JA, Blair A. Pesticide use, immunologic conditions...

Exposure to multiple pesticides and the risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Hohenadel K, Harris SA, McLaughlin JR, Spinelli JJ, Pahwa P, Dosman JA, Demers PA, Blair A. Exposure to multiple pesticides...

Exposure to pesticides and metal contaminants of fertilizer among tree planters

Gorman Ng M, Stjernberg E, Koehoorn M, Demers PA, Davies HW. Exposure to pesticides and metal contaminants of fertilizer among...

Occupational exposure to asbestos and ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis

Constanza Camargo M, Stayner LT, Straif K, Reina M, Al-Alem U, Demers PA, Landrigan PJ. Occupational exposure to asbestos and...

Asbestos and Cancer in Ontario and the Occupational Cancer Research Centre