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Table 1 Sources of information on environmental carcinogens associated with lung cancer

From: Arsenic, asbestos and radon: emerging players in lung tumorigenesis

Name

Website

Description

The IARC Monographs, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

http://monographs.iarc.fr/

Compilation of reports about environmental factors that can increase the risk of human cancer: chemicals, complex mixtures, occupational exposures, physical agents, biological agents, and lifestyle factors

Carcinogens, American Cancer Society (ACS)

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/CancerCauses/OtherCarcinogens/index

Information about environmental carcinogens that can be found at home, work, pollution, medical tests and treatments

Understanding Cancer Series, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/environment

Compilation of slides on environment and its association with cancer

Chemicals of Public Health Concern, World Health Organization (WHO)

http://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/chemicals_phc/en/index.html

Information on the 10 chemicals or groups of chemicals of major public health concern

Report on Carcinogens, National Toxicology Program (NTP)

http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/?objectid=72016262-BDB7-CEBA-FA60E922B18C2540

Congressionally mandated, science-based, public health reports that identify agents, substances, mixtures, or exposures in the environment that may potentially put people in the United States at increased risk for cancer

Science and Technology: Health, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

http://www.epa.gov/gateway/science/humanhealth.html

Information on human health impacts associated with environmental exposures

Work-Related Lung Disease (WoRLD) Surveillance System, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

http://www2.cdc.gov/drds/WorldReportData/

Contents on occupationally-related respiratory disease surveillance data.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

http://www.usgs.gov/

Organization that provides impartial information on the health of U.S. environment and the natural hazards

CARcinogen EXposure Canadian Surveillance Project (CAREX)

http://www.carexcanada.ca

Multi-institution research project that combines academic expertise and government resources to generate an evidence- based carcinogen surveillance program for Canada