Journal article
Occupational risk factors for brain cancer: a population-based case-control study in Iowa
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.43(4), pp.317-324
04/2001
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200104000-00005
PMID: 11322092
Abstract
A number of occupations and industries have been inconsistently associated with the risk of brain cancer. To further explore possible relationships, we conducted a population-based case-control study of brain glioma in the state of Iowa, involving 375 histologically confirmed incident cases and 2434 population-based controls. Among men, the industries and/or occupations that had a significantly increased risk for employment of more than 10 years included roofing, siding, and sheet metalworking; newspaper work; rubber and plastics products, particularly tires and inner tubes; miscellaneous manufacturing industries; wholesale trade of durable goods, grain, and field beans; cleaning and building service occupations; miscellaneous mechanics and repairers; and janitors and cleaners. Subjects who worked in plumbing, heating, and air conditioning; electrical services; gasoline service stations; and military occupations also experienced a significantly increased risk. Among women, significant excess risk was observed for occupations in agricultural services and farming, apparel and textile products, electrical and electronic equipment manufacturing, various retail sales, record-keeping, and restaurant service. Workers in industries with a potential for gasoline or motor exhaust exposures experienced a non-significant excess risk of brain glioma.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Occupational risk factors for brain cancer: a population-based case-control study in Iowa
- Creators
- Tongzhang Zheng - Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, USA. tongzhang.zheng@yale.eduKenneth P CantorYawei Zhang - Yale UniversitySarah KeimCharles F Lynch
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.43(4), pp.317-324
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1097/00043764-200104000-00005
- PMID
- 11322092
- ISSN
- 1076-2752
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2001
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983995118002771
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