Gender differences in occupational exposure to carcinogens among Italian workers

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Table 1 Most common occupational carcinogenic agents/groups in SIREP database and number of measurements by exposure level

Agent/group	CAS n°	Agent in group	L	M	H
Acrylamide	79–06-1		1920	376	151
Acrylonitrile	107–13-1		950	30	–
Benzene	71–43-2		18,674	805	682
1,3-butadiene	106–99-0		2775	66	36
Vinyl chloride monomer	75–01-4		775	–	217
1,2-dichloroethane	107–06-2		654	36	55
Formaldehyde	50–00-0		1077	207	374
Epichlorohydrine	106–89-8		702	40	39
Hydrazine	302–01-2		512	115	169
Ethylene oxide	75–21-8		587	67	31
Propylene oxide	75–56-9		666	42	29
Trichlorethylene	79–01-6		931	70	85
Dinitrotoluene (isomers mixture)	25321-14-6		687	1	17
Hardwood dust	–		56,836	21,588	10,030
Refractory ceramic fibers	142844-00-6		248	72	116
Asbestos	12172-73-5	Amosite	698	385	31
	12001-29-5	Chrysotile	3540	706	196
	12001-28-4	Crocidolite	525	509	24
	132207-32-0	Asbestos	205	134	58
Silica crystalline	14808-60-7	Quartz	500	218	104
Silica crystalline	14464-46-1	Cristobalite	258	46	451
PAHs	56–55-3	Benzo[a]anthracene	1591	13	48
	50–32-8	Benzo[a]pyrene	1566	105	120
	205–99-2	Benzo[b]fluoranthene	1313	49	18
	205–82-3	Benzo[j]fluoranthene	863	49	42
	207–08-9	Benzo[k]fluoranthene	1269	49	18
	53–70-3	Dibenz[a,h]anthracene	914	14	17
	192–97-2	Benzo[e]pyrene	1138	–	5
	218–01-9	Chrysene	1360	13	5
	–	Particulate PAH	2501	92	206
Chromium VI and compounds	1333–82-0	Chromium trioxide	7005	232	607
	7789–00-6	Potassium chromate	231	–	2
	7789–06-2	Strontium chromate	281	59	137
	7440–47-3	Chromium	3494	17	78
Nickel and compounds	–	Insoluble compounds	867	14	22
	1313–99-1	Nickel(II) oxide	1538	118	73
	7786–81-4	Nickel(II) sulfate	1073	233	111
	7440–02-0	Nickel	3315	11	25
	7791–20-0	Nickel(II) chloride	752	48	80
Cadmium	7440–43-9		620	12	56
Overall			125,411	26,641	14,565

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, L low level, M moderate level, H high level

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