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Diesel Emissions and Lung Cancer

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This paper uses two different methods to assess the potential risk of human lung cancer from exposure to diesel engine emissions. One method analyzes the best available epidemiological evidence on the lung cancer risks of persons exposed in their occupations to diesel engine emissions. The second conducts a comparative analysis of laboratory and epidemiological data on diesel engine emissions and two chemically related environmental exposures–coke oven emissions and roofing tar emissions. The estimates of potential risk derived from these two distinct methods are compared. The sources of uncertainty in each method are explicitly characterized. The value of these estimates for comparing the potential lung cancer risks from exposure to diesel engine emissions with other personal and societal risks are discussed. Also considered are the limitations of these results in predicting the possible excess incidence of lung cancer from ambient exposure to diesel emissions.

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  • Jeffrey E. Harris, 1983. "Diesel Emissions and Lung Cancer," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 3(2), pages 83-100, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:3:y:1983:i:2:p:83-100
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1983.tb00109.x
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    1. Edmund Crouch & Richard Wilson, 1981. "Regulation of Carcinogens," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 1(1), pages 47-57, March.
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    1. Richard G. Cuddihy & Roger O. McClellan, 1983. "Evaluating Lung Cancer Risks from Exposures to Diesel Engine Exhaust," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 3(2), pages 119-124, June.
    2. Jeffrey E. Harris, 1983. "Diesel Emissions and Lung Cancer Revisited," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 3(2), pages 139-146, June.
    3. Richard C. Schwing & Leonard Evans & Richard M. Schreck, 1983. "Uncertainties in Diesel Engine Health Effects," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 3(2), pages 129-131, June.

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