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Document ID (ISN)68315
CIS number 97-112
ISSN - Serial title 1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Year 1995
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Amadori D., Nanni O., Falcini F., Saragoni A., Tison V., Callea A., Scarpi E., Ricci M., Riva N., Buiatti E.
Title Chronic lymphocytic leukaemias and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas by histological type in farming-animal breeding workers: A population case-control study based on job titles
Bibliographic information 1995, Vol.52, p.374-379. 38 ref.
Abstract A population based case-control study was conducted in an agricultural area in Italy in order to evaluate the association between farming and animal breeding and the risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Occupational histories and other data were collected by personal interview on 164 NHLs, 23 CLLs, diagnosed in 1988-90, and 977 controls. The article only reports the results of the analysis relative to the coding of job titles through the modified International Labour Office (ILO) classification. Estimates of odds ratios for occupational variables were calculated after adjustment for sex, age, altitude of municipality, first degree familiarity and previous Herpes zoster infection. Subjects working in agriculture associated with animal breeding are at high risk of NHL/CLLs, particularly CLLs and low grade NHLs. This finding could be related to the use of chemicals in agriculture or to exposure to animal-transmitted diseases or specific chemicals used in animal breeding.
Descriptors (primary) livestock rearing; lymphatic leukaemia; agriculture; health hazards; lymphoma
Descriptors (secondary) ILO; Italy; animals; contagion; classification; chemical products; hazard evaluation; questionnaire survey; case-control study; occupation disease relation
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceItaly
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Blood diseases
Livestock rearing
Agriculture
Leukaemia