NDLI: Lung cancer mortality among European rock/slag wool workers: exposure-response analysis

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Author	Consonni, Dario Boffetta, Paolo Ferro, Gilles Saracci, Rodolfo Andersen, Aage Chang Claude, Jenny Cherrie, John W. Frentzel Beyme, Rainer Hansen, Johnni Olsen, Jørgen Plato, Nils Westerholm, Peter
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	Objectives: The purpose was to analyze the relationship between semi-quantitative indices of exposure to man-made vitreous fibers and lung cancer mortality among European rock/slag wool (RSW) workers.Methods: The study population comprised 9,603 male workers employed in RSW production in seven factories in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Germany, followed up for mortality as of 1990-91. Estimates of past exposure to respirable fibers were used to calculate cumulative exposure with a 15-year lag and maximum annual exposure based on employment history up to 1977. Rate ratios were estimated via multivariate Poisson regression, adjusting for country, age, calendar year, time since first employment, and employment status.Results: A total of 159 lung cancer deaths were included in the analysis of which 97 among workers with more than one year of employment. We found nonstatistically significant trends in lung cancer risk according to cumulative exposure. Relative risks (RR) in the four quartiles were 1.0 (reference), 1.3 (95 percent confidence interval [CI]=0.8-2.4), 1.2 (CI=0.7-2.1), and 1.5 (CI=0.7-3.0, P test for trend=0.4). When workers with less than one year of employment were excluded, there was no increased risk; the RRs in the four quartiles were 1.0, 0.9 (CI=0.4-2.0), 0.8 (CI=0.3-1.9), and 1.0 (CI=0.4-2.7). No trend was present according to maximum annual exposure. The results were not consistent among countries.Conclusions: We found a positive association between exposure to respirable fibers and lung cancer mortality. However, the lack of statistical significance, the dependence of the results on inclusion of short-term workers, the lack of consistency among countries, and the possible correlation between exposure to respirable fibers and to other agents reduce the weight of such evidence.
Starting Page	411
Ending Page	416
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09575243
Journal	Cancer Causes & Control
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15737225
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	1998-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Hematology Oncology Epidemiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cancer Research Oncology

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