| Document ID (ISN) | 56524 |
| CIS number |
91-1525 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1991 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Hall N.E.L., Rosenman K.D. |
| Title |
Cancer by industry - Analysis of a population-based cancer registry with an emphasis on blue-collar workers |
| Bibliographic information |
Feb. 1991, Vol.19, No.2, p.145-159. 40 ref. |
| Abstract |
This paper presents information on occupation and industry routinely collected in a state-based (New Jersey) cancer registry to assess potential associations between workplace exposures and cancer incidence. Industry-specific proportional cancer incidence ratios (PCIR) were calculated by race and sex for all individuals and for white males with blue-collar occupations. Increased lung cancer PCIR were seen in most industries previously reported to be associated with lung cancer risk. Other results include an increased ratio of melanoma in blue-collar white male rubber and plastic product workers, an increased ratio of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in motor vehicle manufacture workers, and an increased PCIR of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in general construction workers. Uterine cancer was increased in proportion in white females for a number of industries including rubber and plastic product manufacture, apparel manufacture, and electrical equipment manufacture. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
rubber industry; morbidity; occupation disease relation; neoplasms; electrical industry; plastics industry; blue-collar workers; construction industry |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
melanoma; uterine cancer; lung cancer; leukaemia |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Chemical industry
Plastics industry
Construction industry and civil engineering
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
Rubber industry
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