| Document ID (ISN) | 110091 |
| CIS number |
09-1036 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Pahwa P., McDuffie H.H. |
| Title |
Cancer among potash workers in Saskatchewan |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep 2008, Vol.50, No.9, p.1035-1041. Illus. 26 ref. |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to investigate factors contributing to the increased risk of developing cancer among potash mine workers. Data on 1434 male potash workers based on a nested case-control study design were analyzed. An occupational history of farming (risk ratio RR 1.79), presence of pleurisy at baseline (RR 1.90), previous hard rock mining experience (RR 1.74) and age significantly elevated the risk of cancer, as did the interaction between respiratory diseases and smoking status. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Saskatchewan; potash mining; risk factors; cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
male workers; Canada; smoking; age-linked differences; pleurisy; drilling and boring (rock, earth); case-control study; respiratory diseases |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mining and quarrying
|
