Investigation of Lung Cancer Among Female Cosmetologists
作者:
Ana Osorio,
Leslie Bernstein,
David Garabrant,
John Peters,
期刊:
Journal of Occupational Medicine
(OVID Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 28,
issue 4
页码: 291-295
ISSN:0096-1736
年代: 1986
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Using a population-based cancer registry to identify subjects, a case-control study of female cosmetologists in Los Angeles County was conducted to investigate possible occupational and environmental causes for the elevated lung cancer risk found in this group. A standardized questionnaire was administered to proxy informants for deceased lung cancer patients and deceased nonpulmonary cancer control patients. No associations between lung cancer and specific beauty shop tasks, beauty product use, or environmental exposures were observed in the crude analysis or after controlling for smoking status. Case subjects had held more jobs outside of cosmetology than control subjects, but these jobs did not appear to be associated with any known hazardous exposures. Despite the elevated risk of lung cancer among female cosmetologists, researchers were unable to relate this excess to any specific occupational tasks or exposures. The excess of lung cancer in cosmetologists is most likely accounted for by a higher frequency of smoking in this occupational group.
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