Occupation and the high risk of lung cancer in Northeast Florida
β Scribed by William J. Blot; John E. Davies; Linda Morris Brown; Charles W. Nordwall; Eva Buiatti; Alan Ng; Joseph F. Fraumeni Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 741 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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## Abstract A fiveβyear total community study of lung cancer incidence by occupation revealed that 1) virtually all the cases occurred in smokers; 2) all major histologic types of lung cancer were strongly associated with smoking behavior; 3) in most highβrisk occupations the significant elevations
In a case-control analysis involving 112 patients afflicted by laryngeal cancer and 509 controls diagnosed with cancers not related to tobacco and alcohol exposures, we studied the effects of type of employment and of substances present in the workplace on laryngeal cancer risk. Effects were measure
for their kind advice and review in conducting the study as well as publishing this paper. The author also thanks Dr. Kato and Dr. Oikawa from the Ministry of Labour for their co-operation in collection of the material. Financial aid for carrying ont the present study was provided partly from the