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Document ID (ISN)65017
CIS number 95-1343
ISBN(s) 3-89429-570-8
Year 1995
Convention or series no. Fb 714
Author(s) Golka K., Bandel T., Urfer W., Bolt H.M.
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz
Title Occupational risk factors for malignant tumours of the bladder and the prostate
Original title Berufliche Risikofaktoren für Tumoren der Harnblase und der Prostata [in German]
Bibliographic information Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Postfach 10 11 10, Am Alten Hafen 113-115, 2850 Bremerhaven 1, Germany, 1995. 87p. 125 ref.
Abstract Case-control study of bladder and prostatic cancer among workers in a German region with a heavy concentration of mining and metallurgy with at least one year seniority in their profession. In all, 412 male victims of bladder cancer and 238 victims of prostatic cancer were compared with 414 victims of prostatic adenoma (controls). Smoking habits were taken into consideration. After controlling for smoking, bladder cancer was significantly more common among painters, workers in the chemical industry, coke plant workers and miners than among controls. The odds ratio for developing bladder cancer was 2.56 among smokers when compared with non-smokers (including persons who had stopped smoking more than 10yrs previously). The risk of developing prostatic cancer was significantly higher than for the controls among miners and gardening and forestry workers. Commentary in light of other research published concerning risk factors for these two cancers.
Descriptors (primary) occupation disease relation; risk factors; prostatic cancer; bladder tumour
Descriptors (secondary) chemical industry; smoking; painting; mining industry; case-control study; basic metal industries; prostate diseases
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the reproductive system
Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system