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CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 75395 |
CIS number |
00-1317 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1076-2752 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
1999 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Band P.R., Spinelli J.J., Threlfall W.J., Fang R., Le N.D., Gallagher R.P. |
Title |
Identification of occupational cancer risks in British Columbia |
Bibliographic information |
Apr. 1999, Vol.41, No.4, p.224-247. Illus. 75 ref. |
Abstract |
To identify occupational cancer risk factors, lifetime occupational, smoking, and alcohol-consumption histories were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire from 15,463 male cancer patients. The study methodology, descriptive results, and cancer risks from cigarette smoking are reported. Assessment of questionnaire validation and reliability showed very high correlations between all variables analysed. Non-response bias, assessed among 221 non-responders and 432 matched controls, revealed no statistically significant differences for smoking status, education or occupational groups. Except for pancreatic cancer, a significant relationship was found for all cancer sites known to be strongly associated with cigarette smoking. Of the 15,643 incident cancer cases, 1519 had a diagnosis of prostate cancer. |
Descriptors (primary) |
British Columbia; risk factors; cancer; occupational diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
alcoholism; smoking; questionnaire survey; prostatic cancer; occupation disease relation |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Canada |
Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Alcohol and drug abuse
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