Gender differences in occupational exposure to carcinogens among Italian workers

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Table 3 Distribution (in %) of the prevalence of each carcinogenic agent/group among identified clusters by gender

CAS n°	Agent/Group	Cluster n° 1			Cluster n° 2			Cluster n° 3			Cluster n° 4			Cluster n° 5
		All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F
79–06-1	Acrylamide	0	0	0	4	0	0	96	100	80	0	0	0	0	0	20
107–13-1	Acrylonitrile	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	74	76	0	0	6	24	26	18
71–43-2	Benzene	0	0	0	1	6	0	28	23	12	61	61	59	11	11	29
106–99-0	1,3-butadiene	0	0	0	2	0	0	29	42	53	57	47	36	11	12	11
75–01-4	Vinyl chloride monomer	0	0	0	1	2	0	61	60	28	0	0	0	38	38	72
107–06-2	1,2-dichloroethane	0	0	0	1	7	0	68	61	0	0	0	3	31	33	97
50–00-0	Formaldehyde	0	0	6	91	83	71	9	17	18	1	0	1	0	0	4
106–89-8	Epichlorohydrine	0	0	0	5	5	0	36	34	62	0	0	0	60	62	39
302–01-2	Hydrazine	0	0	0	2	2	0	98	98	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
75–21-8	Ethylene oxide	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	41	0	0	0	29	58	59	71
75–56-9	Propylene oxide	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	34	0	0	0	0	66	67	100
79–01-6	Trichlorethylene	0	0	41	15	22	0	22	12	0	0	0	0	63	66	59
25321-14-6	Dinitrotoluene (isomers mixture)	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	1	0	0	93	93	100
–	Hardwood dust	0	0	1	77	86	91	23	14	0	0	0	7	0	0	1
142844-00-6	Refractory ceramic fibers	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Various	Asbestos	0	0	0	98	99	0	2	2	0	1	0	100	0	0	0
Various	Silica crystalline	0	0	0	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Various	PAHs	0	0	0	9	10	0	14	26	0	62	47	91	16	16	9
Various	Chromium (VI) and compounds	75	75	83	15	17	0	4	1	0	7	7	8	0	0	9
Various	Nickel and compounds	71	71	89	15	15	0	1	1	4	13	13	3	0	0	3
7440–43-9	Cadmium	0	0	0	94	100	0	6	0	100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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