| Document ID (ISN) | 74545 |
| CIS number |
00-423 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Stewart R.E., Dennis L.K., Dawson D.V., Resnick M.I. |
| Title |
A meta-analysis of risk estimates for prostate cancer related to tire and rubber manufacturing operations |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1999, Vol.41, No.12, p.1079-1084. 46 ref. |
| Abstract |
A meta-analysis of nine cohort studies that used standard mortality ratios and of three case-control studies that used odds ratios was conducted to investigate the association between prostate cancer and exposure to tyre and rubber manufacturing environments. The pooled results from the cohort studies showed a standard mortality ratio of 101, whereas the pooled results from the case-control studies showed an odds ratio of 1.10. The overall risk estimate from all 12 studies was 1.03. The conclusion of this meta-analysis was that work exposure in a rubber and tyre manufacturing environment does not result in an increased risk of prostate cancer. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
rubber industry; tyre manufacturing industry; hazard evaluation; prostatic cancer |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; frequency rates; epidemiologic study; mortality |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Chemicals, plastics and rubber
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Rubber industry
Risk evaluation
Diseases of the reproductive system
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