Epidemiological research carried out by or commissioned by HSE

• Burden of Occupational Cancer in Great Britain: Summary Report of Workshop Held on the 22nd and 23rd November 2004 in Manchester [PDF 240kb].
• Feasibility study into the establishment of a retrospective cohort study of workers in the British semiconductor industry
  Associated information leaflet for workers in the industry: Investigating the long term health of workers in the semiconductor industry [PDF 20KB].
• Shift work and breast cancer - report of an expert meeting held in November 2004 [PDF]
  The workshop was organised by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and also funded by HSE and the Department of Health (DH).
• Further update of cancer incidence and cancer mortality in a cohort of semiconductor workers
  This research was produced by researchers from the Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the University of Birmingham [Published 09/04].
• Shift work and breast cancer: a critical review of the epidemiological evidence This research was produced by Professor Anthony Swerdlow from the Institute of Cancer Research. [Published 07/04].
• Cancer risk following exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): a meta-analysis
  This research was produced by researchers from the Environmental Epidemiology Unit at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. [Published 03/03].
• Cancer among current and former workers at National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd, Greenock [PDF 850kb]
  This report describes an investigation into the possible occurrence of work-related cancers at the National Semiconductor (UK) Ltd facility in Greenock. There is a worker leaflet accompanying the report [PDF 356kb] [Published 12/01].