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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 53882 |
| CIS number |
90-920 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Japanese Journal of Public Health |
| Year |
1988 |
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| Author(s) |
Oguro H., Naruhashi H., Ueda K., Suzuki M., Mitoku K., Miwa M., Wakamatsu C., Yasuda Y., Shirai K., Hatano S., Minowa M., Ashizawa M., Ito K., Watanabe M., Miura H. |
| Title |
A case-control study of lung cancer with special reference to asbestos exposure |
| Original title |
Sekimen-bakuro to haigan ni kansuru kanja taishō kenkyū [in Japanese] |
| Bibliographic information |
Aug. 1988, Vol.35, No.8, p.461-468. 31 ref. |
| Abstract |
A case-control study of lung cancer was carried out in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, the pre-war location of a Japanese naval factory and the present location of a U.S. naval base. Cytologically or pathologically confirmed fatal cases of lung cancer in males during the period 1978-1982 in Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital were compared to a control group in the same hospital. Controls who died from causes other than cancer, pneumoconiosis, accident or suicide were matched by age to the cases. Information including occupational and smoking history was obtained by interviews with the families of the 96 cases and 86 controls. The relative risk (odds ratio) of lung cancer associated with asbestos exposure or with suspected exposure was 2.41 and 1.56 respectively, after control for age and smoking. The age-controlled relative risk for smoking without exposure controlled for age, was 8.28, suggesting a synergistic relationship between smoking and asbestos exposure. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
asbestos; shipbuilding industry; lung cancer; smoking |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Japan; synergism; epidemiologic study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Shipbuliding and ship repair
Smoking
Diseases of the respiratory system (except for pneumoconiosis & similar)
Asbestos
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