Feasibility of Identifying High‐Risk Occupations Through Tumor Registries
作者:
M. Whorton,
Jane Schulman,
Suzanne Larson,
Harrison Stubbs,
Donald Austin,
期刊:
Journal of Occupational Medicine
(OVID Available online 1983)
卷期:
Volume 25,
issue 9
页码: 657-660
ISSN:0096-1736
年代: 1983
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The primary objective of this study was to assess the feasibility of using a population-based tumor registry to identify occupational groups at high risk of developing cancer. The study group comprised 6,424 union members residing in the San Francisco/Oakland Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) who represent six occupations: abestos workers, bakers, painters, plasterers, plumbers and roofers. Computer linkage of union rosters to the California Tumor Registry (CTR) file identified incident cases of cancer. The CTR's age-sex-year-specific incidence rates were used to calculate the expected number of cancer cases, and estimated standardized incidence ratios (SIRs). The results demonstrate, as expected, increased cancer incidence (SIR=498) for trachea, bronchus, lung and pleura among asbestos workers, a group widely recognized as having high risk for respiratory cancers, and among painters (SIR=199). Strengths and weaknesses of such an approach are discussed.
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