n general, jobs involving professional or administrative occupations were related to increased risk of mortality from endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer, while cervical cancer mortality was increased among women employed in manufacturing, services, farm work and health care occupations. Associations were found with some occupations involving exposure to chemicals and metals, such as the association between cervical cancer and employment in printing, typesetting and machine operating occupations. An excess of ovarian cancer was observed in several occupations in health care, where there is a risk of numerous hazardous exposures including radiation, chemotherapeutic drugs and viruses. While results reflect, in part, socioeconomic factors and reproductive patterns, they may also indicate a possible aetiologic role for occupational chemical exposures.

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