Occupational risk factors for cancer of the gastric cardia : analysis of death certificates from 24 US States
Cocco, Pierluigi ; Ward, M.H. ; Dosemeci, Mustafa
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1998
40
10
855-861
asbestos ; case control study ; fertilisers ; gastrointestinal cancer ; lead ; mineral dust ; mortality ; nitrogen oxides ; nitroso amines ; occupation disease relation ; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ; occupational risks ; wood dust
Occupational diseases
English
Bibliogr.
The risk of gastric cardia cancer was evaluated by occupation and industry using death certificate data for 24 US states. Among white men, occupations with elevated risk included financial managers, janitors and cleaners, production inspectors and truck drivers. Industries with elevated risk included pulp and paper mills, newspaper publishing and printing, industrial and miscellaneous chemicals, water supply and irrigation. A consistent pattern of risk increase by level and probability of exposure was observed only for sulfuric acid mists. A significant increase in risk was observed for subjects exposed to lead, although crosstabulation of gastric cardia cancer risk by probability and level of exposure did not show consistent trends. Asbestos exposure showed an overall 50% increase but no consistent trends among white men. None of the 12 occupational hazards showed an association with risk for black men.
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