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INDUSTRY TO SPONSOR 2.2. MILLION EUROS CANCER STUDY
The agreement was signed between
The World Health Organization - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and an industry group consisting of the following associations:
Concawe
Eurobitume
European Asphalt Paving Association (EAPA)
National Asphalt Pavement Association, USA, (NAPA)
Asphalt Roofing Manufactures Association, USA, (ARMA)
National Roofing Contractors Association, USA, (NRCA)
The study will commence on the 1 June 2004 and is expected to be finished 2006/2007.
The total cost of the study, 2.2. million Euros, will be made available by the associations in the industry group.
This study forms the second phase of the "International Epidemiological Study on Cancer among Asphalt Workers" conducted by IARC and is designed to clarify prior results by identifying the effect of confounding factors. The first phase was completed in 2001.
The study will examine the past exposures and other risk factors such as cigarette smoking for a subset of approximately 2,500 workers of the cohort of 80,000 people in much more detail than has been possible during the first phase of the study and also include their exposures during employment in othr industries than the asphalt industry.
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