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Lumber References

Blair, A, PA Stewart and RN Hoover. 1990. Mortality from lung cancer among workers employed in formaldehyde industries. Am J Ind Med 17:683-699.

Bureau of the Census. 1987. 1987 Census of Manufacturers. Washington, DC: US Department of Commerce.

Demers, PA, P Bofetta, M Kogevinas, A Blair, B Miller, C Robinson, R Roscoe, P Winter, D Colin, E Matos and H Vainio. 1995. A pooled re-analysis of cancer mortality among five cohorts of workers in wood-related industries. Scand J Work Environ Health 21(3):179-190.

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 1993. Yearbook of Forest Products 1980-1991. FAO Statistical Series P6, No.110. Rome: FAO.

Halpin, DMG, BJ Graneek, M Turner-Warwick, and AJ Newman-Taylor. 1994. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis and asthma in a sawmill worker: Case report and review of the literature. Occup Environ Med 1(3):160-164.

Hertzman, C., K Teschke, A Ostry, R Herschler, H Dimich-Ward, S Kelly, JJ Spinelli, R Gallagher, M McBride and SA Marion. 1997. Mortality and cancer incidence among a cohort of sawmill workers exposed to chlorophenol pesticides. Am J Public Health 87(1):71-79.

Howard, B. 1995. Fatal Claims in Sawmills. Analysis of Causes and Costs from 1985-1994. Vancouver: Prevention Division, Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia.

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Working Group. 1995. Wood Dust and Formaldehyde. Vol. 62. Lyon: IARC.

—.1981. Wood, Leather, and Associated Industries. Vol. 25. Lyon: IARC.

International Labour Organization (ILO). 1993. Yearbook of Labour Statistics. Geneva: ILO.

Jagels, R. 1985. Health hazards of natural and introduced chemical components of boatbuilding woods. Am J Ind Med 8:241-251.

Jäppinen, P, E Pukkala and S Tola. 1989. Cancer incidence of workers in a Finnish sawmill. Scand J Work Environ Health 15:18-23.

Robinson, C, D Fowler, DP Brown and RA Lemen. 1986. Plywood Mill Workers Mortality Patterns 1945-1977.(NTIS Report PB-86 221694). Cincinnati, OH: US NIOSH.

Statistics Canada. 1993. Industry and the Class of Worker: The Nation. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.

Suchsland, O and GE Woodson. 1987. Fiberboard Manufacturing Practices in the United States. Agricultural handbook No. 640. Washington, DC: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

Tharr, D. 1991. A sawmill environment: Noise levels, controls and audiometric test results. Appl Occup Environ Hyg 6(12):1000.