Occupational cutaneous cancer attributable to certain chemicals in industry.
Occupational cutaneous cancer attributable to certain chemicals in industry.
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072833
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发表时间:
1946
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
S. A. Henry
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作者:
S. A. Henry
Porcival Pott pointed out as early as 1775 that cancer on one particular cutaneous she, namely the scrotum, could be attributed to soot Others, including Butlin in 1892, showed that the same she might be affected by other products, and it was alto observed that other cutaneous sites in addition to the scrotum might similarly be affected by certain chemicals such as pitch, tar and mineral oil. Nevertheless, it was not antQ 1907 mat it was recognized officially in Britain that cancer of any cutaneous site could be caused by pitch, tar. or tarry compounds. In this year, the definition" scrota! tpithetioma occurring in chimney sweeps and epltheliomatous cancer or tdceratlon of the skin occurring in the handling or toe of pitch, tar or tarry compounds" was added to the third schedule of the Workmen's Compensation Act Seven further years elapsed before" Bitumen, mineral oil or paraffin or any compound or products or residue of any of these substances" were included, in 1914, in the definition in the third schedule, purely for the purpose of compensation, which was not restricted merely to factory workers. Six further years elapsed until, on 1 January 1920, there was added to the list of diseases notifiable to the Chief Inspector of Factories, under. Section 73 of the existing Factory & Workshop Act (now Section 66 of the Factories Act, 1937) the definition" Epitheliomatous ulceration or cancer of the skin due to pitch, tar, bitumen, paraffin or mineral oil or any compound or residue of any of these substances or any product thereof contracted in a factory or workshop".