Probabilistic statistical study of the carcinogenic effect of cadmium in the tobacco and industry

ABSTRACT

We seek in this study to assess the probability of contribution of tobacco to increase the chance that a person working in industry, where cadmium is its raw material, is achieved by cancer. A database was compiled from information recorded of a number of patients receiving treatment at Al Bayrouni hospital in Damascus during the past three years. The statistical probability analysis has shown the differential contribution of the two sources of affection, Tobacco and Industries polluted by cadmium, where a strong contribution of tobacco to the development of cancer of the lungs, gastrointestinal and the cervix, while the industry has marked a huge trace in the case of cancer of the kidneys and bladder, and a modest contribution in the case of prostate and ovary