The topic for this unit was the classification of carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). For this assignment pick a group 1 carcinogen from the IARC. Find at least five peer-reviewed journal articles that support the relationship between the carcinogen and the cancer that it causes.
Some suggested topics might be
benzene and leukemia
crystalline silica dust and lung cancer or
vinyl chloride and liver cancer.
The Business Source Complete database is a good source of journals for safety-related articles from the CSU Online Library. The Literature Review must include the following components:
an introduction of your topic of choice (include some background information on the origins of exposure and cancer)
the methods used to search for the articles
the results of the articles
a discussion and conclusion with your own opinion and.
APA references and in-text citations for the article.
The literature review must be three to four pages in length and follow APA formatting.
References
Sahmel J. Unice K. Scott P. Cowan D. & Paustenbach D. (2009). The Use of Multizone Models to Estimate an Airborne Chemical Contaminant Generation and Decay Profile: Occupational Exposures of Hairdressers to Vinyl Chloride in Hairspray During the 1960s and 1970s.Risk Analysis: An International Journal29(12) 1699-1725. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01311.x
COHRSSEN J. J. & MILLER H. I. (2015). STUNTED HARVEST.Regulation38(4) 22-25.
Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica. (cover story). (2017).Industrial Safety & Hygiene News51(1) 45.
