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    Prevalence of occupational exposure to carcinogens among workers of Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry in Australia

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    Authors
    Boyle, T.
    Carey, Renee
    Glass, D.
    Peters, S.
    Fritschi, Lin
    Reid, Alison
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Boyle, T. and Carey, R. and Glass, D. and Peters, S. and Fritschi, L. and Reid, A. 2015. Prevalence of occupational exposure to carcinogens among workers of Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese ancestry in Australia. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 58 (9): pp. 923-932.
    Source Title
    American Journal of Industrial Medicine
    DOI
    10.1002/ajim.22428
    ISSN
    0271-3586
    School
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33127
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: Although job-related diseases result in more deaths per year than job-related injuries, most research concerning ethnic minority workers has concerned accidents and injuries rather than disease-causing exposures such as carcinogens. Methods: We conducted a telephone-based cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of occupational exposure to carcinogens among a sample of ethnic minority workers in Australia, and compared their exposure prevalence to that of a sample of the general Australian-born working population ('Australian workers'). Results: One-third of the ethnic minority workers were exposed to at least one carcinogen at work. The likelihood of exposure to carcinogens was not significantly different from that of Australian workers, although the likelihood of exposure to individual carcinogens varied by ethnicity. Conclusion: Knowing the prevalence of exposure to carcinogens in the workplace in different ethnic groups will allow better targeted and informed occupational health and safety measures to be implemented where necessary.

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