50
Views
110
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Proportion of Lung and Bladder Cancers in Males Resulting from Occupation: A Systematic Approach

&
Pages 6-15 | Received 22 Jan 1990, Accepted 14 May 1990, Published online: 03 Aug 2010

References

  • Higginson , J , Bahar , J C , Clemmesen , J , Demopoulos , H , Garfinckel , L , Hirayama , T and Schottenfeld , D . 1980 . Proportion of cancers due to occupations . Prev Med , 9 : 180 – 84 .
  • Cole , P . 1977 . Cancer and occupation: status and needs of epidemiologic research . Cancer , 39 : 1788 – 91 .
  • Bridbord , K , Decoufle , P , Fraumeni , J F , Hoel , D G , Hoover , R N , Rall , D P , Saffiotti , U , Schneiderman , M A and Upton , A C . 1981 . Estimates of the fraction of cancer in the United States related to occupational factors , Edited by: Peto , R and Schneiderman , M . 701 – 26 . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory . Banbury Report No. 9: Quantification of occupational cancer
  • Doll , R and Peto , R . 1981 . “ The causes of cancer ” . In Quantitative estimates of avoidable risks of cancer in the United States today , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
  • Peto , R and Schneiderman , M . 1981 . Afterword , Edited by: Peto , R and Schneiderman , M . 695 – 97 . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory . Banbury Report No. 9: Quantification of occupational cancer
  • Simonato , L , Vineis , P and Fletcher , A C . 1988 . Estimates of the proportion of lung cancer attributable to occupational exposure . Carcinogenesis , 9 : 1159 – 65 .
  • Cole , P and Merletti , F . 1980 . Chemical agents and occupational exposures . J Environ Pathol Toxicol , 3 : 399 – 417 .
  • Damber , L and Larsson , L G . 1985 . Underground mining, smoking and lung cancer: a case-control study in the iron ore municipalities in Northern Sweden . JNCI , 74 : 1207 – 13 .
  • Menck , H R and Henderson , B E . 1976 . Occupational differences in rates of lung cancer . J Occup Med , 18 : 797 – 801 .
  • Hammond , E C and Garfinckel , L . 1980 . General air pollution and cancer in the United States . Prev Med , 9 : 206 – 11 .
  • Vineis , P and Simonato , L . 1986 . Estimates of the proportion of bladder cancer attributable to occupation . Scand J Work Environ Health , 12 : 55 – 60 .
  • Miettinen , O S . 1974 . Proportion of disease caused or prevented by a given exposure, trait or intervention . Am J Epidemiol , 99 : 325 – 32 .
  • Rothman , K J . 1986 . Modern epidemiology , Boston and Toronto : Little, Brown and Co. .
  • Simonato , L and Saracci , R . 1983 . “ Cancer, occupational ” . In Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety, , 3rd rev. , 369 – 75 . Geneva : ILO .
  • Vineis , P , Thomas , T , Hayes , R B , Blot , W J , Mason , T J , Pickle , Williams L , Correa , P , Fontham , E TH and Schoenberg , J . 1988 . Proportion of lung cancers in males, due to occupation, in different areas of the USA . Int J Cancer , 42 : 851 – 56 .
  • Gerin , M , Siemiatycki , J , Kemper , H and Begin , D . 1985 . Obtaining occupational exposure histories in epidemiologic case-control studies . J Occup Med , 27 : 420 – 26 .
  • Medical Research Council . 1983 . Job exposure matrices , Southampton General Hospital . Scientific Report No. 2
  • Blot , W J , Harrington , J M , Toledo , A , Hoover , R , Heath , C W and Fraumeni , J F . 1978 . Lung cancer after employment in shipyards during World War II . New Engl J Med , 299 : 620 – 24 .
  • Buiatti , E , Kriebel , D , Santucci , Geddes MM. and Pucci , N . 1985 . A case control study of lung cancer in Florence, Italy. I. Occupational risk factors . J Epidemiol Commun Health , 39 : 244 – 50 .
  • Damber , L and Larsson , L G . 1985 . Underground mining, smoking and lung cancer: a case-control study in the iron ore municipalities in Northern Sweden . J Natl Cancer Inst , 74 : 1207 – 13 .
  • Damber , L and Larsson , L G . 1987 . Occupation and male lung cancer: a case-control study in Northern Sweden . Br J Ind Med , 44 : 446 – 53 .
  • Hinds , W , Kolonel , L N and Lee , J . 1985 . Application of a job-exposure matrix to a case-control study of lung cancer . J Natl Cancer Inst , 75 : 193 – 97 .
  • Lerchen , M L , Wiggins , C L and Samet , J M . 1987 . Lung cancer and occupation in New Mexico . J Natl Cancer Inst , 79 : 639 – 45 .
  • Levin , L I , Zheng , W , Blot , W J , Gao , Y T and Fraumeni , J F Jr. 1988 . Occupation and lung cancer in Shangai: a case-control study . Br J Ind Med , 45 : 450 – 58 .
  • Kjuus , H , Skjaerven , R , Langard , S , Lien , J T and Aamodt , T . 1986 . A case-referent study of lung cancer, occupational exposures and smoking. Ill. Etiologic fraction of occupational exposures . Scand J Work Environ Health , 12 : 210 – 15 .
  • Kvale , G , Bjelke , E and Heuch , I . 1986 . Occupational exposure and lung cancer risk . Int J Cancer , 37 : 185 – 93 .
  • Martischnig , K M , Newell , D J , Barnsley , W C , Cowan , W K , Feinmann , E L and Oliver , E . 1977 . Unsuspected exposure to asbestos and bronchogenic carcinoma . Br Med J , 1 : 746 – 49 .
  • Pannett , B , Coggon , D and Acheson , E D . 1985 . A job-exposure matrix for use in population-based studies in England and Wales . Br J Ind Med , 42 : 777 – 83 .
  • Pastorino , U , Berrino , F , Gervasio , A , Pesenti , V , Riboli , E and Crosignani , P . 1984 . Proportion of lung cancers due to occupational exposure . Int J Cancer , 33 : 231 – 37 .
  • Riboli , E , Bai , E , Berrino , F and Merisi , A . 1983 . Mortality from lung cancer in an acetylene and phthallic anhydride plant . Scand J Work Environ Health , 9 : 455 – 62 .
  • Ronco , G , Ciccone , G , Mirabelli , D , Troia , B and Vineis , P . 1988 . Occupation and lung cancer in two industrialized areas of Northern Italy . Int J Cancer , 41 : 354 – 58 .
  • Vena , J E , Byers , T E , Cookfair , D and Swanson , M . 1985 . Occupation and lung cancer risk. An analysis by histologic subtypes . Cancer , 56 : 910 – 17 .
  • Anthony , H M and Thomas , G M . 1970 . Tumours of the urinary bladder: An analysis of the occupations of 1030 patients in Leeds, England . J Natl Cancer Inst , 45 : 879 – 95 .
  • Bonassi , S , Merlo , F , Pearce , N and Puntoni , R . 1989 . Bladder cancer and occupational exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons . Int J Cancer , 44 : 648 – 51 .
  • Cartwright , R . 1982 . Occupational bladder cancer and cigarette smoking in West Yorkshire . Scand J Work Environ Health , 8 ( suppl. 1 ) : 79 – 82 .
  • Claude , J C , Frantzel-Bayme , R R and Kunze , E . 1988 . Occupation and risk of cancer of the lower urinary tract among men. A case-control study . Int J Cancer , 41 : 371 – 79 .
  • Cole , P , Hoover , R and Friedell , G H . 1972 . Occupation and cancer of the lower urinary tract . Cancer , 29 : 1250 – 60 .
  • Gonzalez , C A , Lopez-Abente , G , Errezola , M , Escolar , A , Riboli , E , Izarzugaza , I and Nebot , M . Occupation and bladder cancer in Spain: a multi-centre case-control study (in press)
  • Howe , G R , Burch , J D , Miller , A B , Cook , G M , Esteve , J , Morrison , B , Gordon , P , Chambers , L W , Fodor , G and Winsor , G M . 1980 . Tobacco use, occupation, coffee, various nutrients and bladder cancer . J Natl Cancer Inst , 64 : 701 – 13 .
  • Iscovich , J , Castelletto , R , Esteve , J , Munoz , N , Colanzi , R , Coronel , A , Deamezola , I , Tassi , V and Arslan , A . 1987 . Tobacco smoking, occupational exposure and bladder cancer in Argentina . Int J Cancer , 40 : 734 – 40 .
  • Jensen , O M , Wahrendorf , J , Knudsen , J B and Sorensen , B L . 1987 . The Copenhagen case-referent study on bladder cancer. Risks among drivers, painters and certain other occupations . Scand J Work Environ Health , 13 : 129 – 34 .
  • Schifflers , E , Jamart , J and Renard , V . 1987 . Tobacco and occupation as risk factors in bladder cancer: a case-control study in Southern Belgium . Int J Cancer , 39 : 287 – 92 .
  • Schoenberg , J B , Stemhagen , A , Mogielnicki , A P , Altman , R , Toshi , A and Mason , T J . 1984 . A case-control study of bladder cancer in New Jersey. I. Occupational exposures in white males . J Natl Cancer Inst , 72 : 973 – 81 .
  • Schumacher , M C , Slattery , M L and West , D W . 1989 . Occupation and bladder cancer in Utah . Am J Ind Med , 16 : 89 – 102 .
  • Silverman , D T , Hoover , R , Albert , S and Graff , K M . 1983 . Occupation and cancer of the lower urinary tract in Detroit . J Natl Cancer Inst , 70 : 237 – 45 .
  • Silverman , D T , Levin , L I , Hoover , R N and Hartge , P . 1989 . Occupational risks of bladder cancer in the United States. I. White Men . JNCI , 81 : 1472 – 80 .
  • Silverman , D T , Levin , L I and Hoover , R N . 1989 . Occupational risks of bladder cancer in the United States. II. Nonwhite Men . JNCI , 81 : 1480 – 83 .
  • Tola , S , Tenho , M , Korkala , M L and Jarvinen , E . 1980 . Cancer of the urinary bladder in Finland . Int Arch Occup Environ Health , 46 : 43 – 51 .
  • Vineis , P and Magnani , C . 1985 . Occupation and bladder cancer in males: a case-control study . Int J Cancer , 35 : 599 – 606 .
  • E , Wynder , Onderdonk , L. J and Mantel , N . 1963 . An epidemiological investigation of cancer of the bladder . Cancer , 16 : 1388 – 1407 .
  • Kabat , G C and Wynder , E L . 1984 . Lung cancer in nonsmokers . Cancer , 53 : 1214 – 21 .
  • Lubin , J H and Blot , W J . 1984 . Assessment of lung cancer risk factors by histologic category . J Natl Cancer Inst , 73 : 383 – 89 .
  • DH , Wegman and Peters , J M . 1978 . Oat cell lung cancer in selected occupations . J Occup Med , 20 : 793 – 96 .
  • Benhamou , S , Benhamou , E and Flamant , R . 1988 . Occupational risk factors of lung cancer in a French case-control study . Br J Ind Med , 45 : 231 – 33 .
  • Rebelakos , A , Trichopoulos , D , Tzonou , A , Zavitsanos , X , Velonakis , E and Trichopoulos , A . 1985 . Tobacco smoking, coffee drinking, and occupation as risk factors for bladder cancer in Greece . J Natl Cancer Inst , 75 : 455 – 61 .
  • Dunham , L J , Rabson , A S , Stewart , H L , Frank , A S and Young , J L . 1968 . Rates, interview, and pathology study of cancer of the urinary bladder in New Orleans, Louisiana . J Natl Cancer Inst , 41 : 683 – 709 .
  • Najem , G R , Louria , D B , Seebode , J J , Thind , I S , Prusakowski , J M , Ambrose , R B and Fernicola , A R . 1982 . Life time occupation, smoking, caffeine, saccharine, hair dyes and bladder carcinogenesis . Int J Epidemiol , 11 : 212 – 17 .
  • Nomura , A , Kolonel , L N and Yoshizawa , C N . 1989 . Smoking, alcohol, occupation and hair dye use in cancer of the lower urinary tract . Am J Epidemiol , 130 : 1159 – 63 .
  • Sullivan , J W . 1982 . Epidemiological survey of bladder cancer in Greater New Orleans . J Urol , 128 : 281 – 83 .
  • Risch , H A , Burch , J D , Miller , A B , Hill , G B , Steele , R and Howe , G R . 1988 . Occupational factors and the incidence of cancer of the bladder in Canada . Br J Ind Med , 45 : 361 – 67 .
  • Wynder , E L , Dieck , G S , Hall , N EL and Lahti , H . 1988 . A case-control study of diesel exposure and bladder cancer . Environ Res , 37 : 475 – 89 .
  • Smith , E M , Miller , E R , Woolson , R F and Brown , C K . 1985 . Bladder cancer risk among auto and truck mechanics and chemically related occupations . Am J Publ Health , 75 : 881 – 83 .
  • Hoar , S K and Hoover , R . 1985 . Truck driving and bladder cancer mortality in rural New England . J Natl Cancer Inst , 74 : 771 – 74 .
  • Hall , N EL and Wynder , E L . 1984 . Diesel exhaust exposure and lung cancer: a case-control study . Environ Res , 34 : 77 – 86 .
  • Becher , H , Jedrychowski , W , Flak , E , Gomola , K and Wahrendorf , J . 1989 . Lung cancer, smoking and employment in foundries . Scand J Work Environ Health , 15 : 38 – 42 .
  • Brownson , R C , Chang , J C and Davis , J R . 1987 . Occupation, smoking, and alcohol in the epidemiology of bladder cancer . Am J Public Health , 77 : 1298 – 1300 .
  • Zahm , S H , Brownson , R C , Chang , J C and Davis , J R . 1989 . Study of lung cancer histologic types, occupation, and smoking in Missouri . Am J Ind Med , 15 : 565 – 78 .
  • Xu , Z Y , Blot , W J , Xiao , H P , Wu , A , Feng , Y P , Stone , B J , J , Sun , Ershow , A G , Henderson , B E and Fraumeni , J F Jr. 1989 . Smoking, air pollution and the high rates of lung cancer in Shenyeng, China . JNCI , 81 : 1800 – 06 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.