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Document ID (ISN)55585
CIS number 91-448
ISSN - Serial title 0301-0023 - Journal of the Society of Occupational Medicine
Year 1990
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Choi B.C.K., Farmilo J.A.
Title Microscopic haematuria as a predictor of urological diseases among steel workers
Bibliographic information Summer 1990, Vol.40, No.2, p.47-52. Illus. 23 ref.
Abstract A cohort of 501 workers in a steel mill in Ontario, Canada was followed up from 1974 to 1986. The 13-year cumulative incidence of urological diseases among workers who were positive for microscopic haematuria in 1974 was 1.3 times that of those who had a negative result. This relative risk remained the same after adjusting for age and smoking. Thus, urinary screening for microscopic haematuria could be a useful predictor of urological disease.
Descriptors (primary) genito-urinary system diseases; haematuria; iron and steel industry; occupational medicine; urine monitoring
Descriptors (secondary) Canada; smoking; early diagnosis; neoplasms; epidemiologic study; medical examinations; determination in urine; age
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceCanada
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system
Iron and steel industry
Biological monitoring