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      Contaminación de los equipos de trabajo y riesgo de cáncer de próstata y testículo, en bomberos

      Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo
      Escuela Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo. Instituto de Salud Carlos III
      Bomberos, neoplasias testiculares, neoplasias prostáticas, ropa de protección, exposición profesional, Firefighters, testicular neoplasms, prostatic neoplasms, protective clothing, occupational exposure

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          Antecedentes: Los bomberos, en el ejercicio de su actividad laboral, están expuestos en forma aguda y crónica a sustancias peligrosas que conllevan un riesgo para la salud; dichas sustancias (varias de ellas clasificadas como cancerígenas) están presentes en el escenario de extinción del fuego y fuera de éste. Los equipos de protección personal han ido evolucionado con el fin de minimizar los daños. En este artículo revisamos la evidencia existente en cuanto a contaminación a través de equipos de trabajo y si la profesión de bombero supone un riesgo para el desarrollo de cáncer de testículo y próstata. Objetivos: Conocer la implicación de los equipos de trabajo como fuente adicional de contaminación en bomberos. Ver la asociación de esta profesión con cáncer de testículo y próstata. Métodos: Búsqueda bibliográfica en Pubmed, Toxnet, Scopus y OSH Update, Google scholar y webs institucionales; recopilamos 20 artículos (11 de exposición y 9 relacionados con cáncer testicular y próstata). Resultados: Se encontraron hidrocarburos aromáticos policíclicos (HAP), compuestos orgánicos volátiles (COV), algunos cancerígenos, que se adhieren a los EP. Los cánceres testicular y prostático tuvieron asociación estadísticamente significativa en 4 y 5 estudios, que valoraban incidencia y mortalidad, respectivamente; dentro de los que se incluye un metaanálisis. Conclusiones: Parece existir contaminación, a través de los equipos de protección, bien por sustancias liberadas en forma de gas, transferencia cutánea y/o desarrollo de un microambiente tóxico entre el traje y la piel. Se encontró asociación estadística significativa para cáncer de próstata y testículo.

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                S0465-546X2016000300007
                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

                Bomberos,neoplasias testiculares,neoplasias prostáticas,ropa de protección,exposición profesional,Firefighters,testicular neoplasms,prostatic neoplasms,protective clothing,occupational exposure

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