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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 52804 |
| CIS number |
89-1867 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1988 |
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| Author(s) |
Risch H.A., Burch J.D., Miller A.B., Hill G.B., Steele R., Howe G.R. |
| Title |
Occupational factors and the incidence of cancer of the bladder in Canada |
| Bibliographic information |
June 1988, Vol.45, No.6, p.361-367. 27 ref. |
| Abstract |
During 1979-82, a case-control study of occupational factors and urinary bladder cancer was conducted in various Canadian cities. 826 cases of cancer were individually matched with 792 controls. Subjects were specifically asked about employment in several industries thought relevant to risk of bladder cancer. Information was also obtained on lifelong occupational history, with special attention given to exposures to fumes, dusts, smoke, and chemicals. Subjects also provided data on past medical and residential history, intake of certain dietary items, and exposure to tobacco and other lifestyle factors. Conditional logistic regression methods were used for the analysis. Under adjustment for cumulative lifetime cigarette consumption, it appeared that for both men and women, most of the occupational factors examined were not associated with significant alteration in risk of bladder cancer. For exposures during the period eight to 28 years before diagnosis, raised risk was suggested for men employed at least six months in the chemical industry, in dye manufacturing or the dyeing of cloth, as tailors or in jobs in which contact with diesel or traffic fumes occurred. Increased risk was also seen for men occupationally exposed to tars or asphalt. This study supports the relationship between certain industries and the risk of bladder cancer for men. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
genito-urinary system diseases; bladder; bladder tumour; occupation disease relation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
diesel engines; comparative study; Canada; smoking; toxic substances; dust; mists; age; bitumen; exposure evaluation; women; length of exposure; clothing industry; dyestuff industry; neoplasms; chemical industry |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
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