TY - JOUR
T1 - Lung cancer risk and workplace exposures in black men and women
AU - Muscat, Joshua E.
AU - Stellman, Steven D.
AU - Richie, John P.
AU - Wynder, Ernst L.
N1 - Funding Information:
1This work was supported by USPHS Grants CA-17613, CA-32617, and CA-68384. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of all participating hospitals and the American Health Foundation. All subjects provided informed consent.
PY - 1998/2
Y1 - 1998/2
N2 - There are little data on workplace exposures and lung cancer risk in blacks. An ongoing case-control study of lung cancer that included 550 black men and women with lung cancer and 386 age-matched controls was examined by reported occupational exposures and job titles. In men, significant associations were observed with reported exposure to asbestos [odds ratio (OR), 1.8; 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.03-3.1] and coal dust (OR, 2.8; 95% CI 1.1-7.0). Elevated but nonsignificant risks of 1.4 or more were detected for the following occupations: police/security guards, farmers/farm workers, laborers, and motor-vehicle drivers. In women, nonsignificant increased risks were found with reported exposure to paint (OR, 1.8) and gas fames (OR, 4.9). Women employed as farmers/farm workers and building maintenance workers had elevated but nonsignificant risks.
AB - There are little data on workplace exposures and lung cancer risk in blacks. An ongoing case-control study of lung cancer that included 550 black men and women with lung cancer and 386 age-matched controls was examined by reported occupational exposures and job titles. In men, significant associations were observed with reported exposure to asbestos [odds ratio (OR), 1.8; 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.03-3.1] and coal dust (OR, 2.8; 95% CI 1.1-7.0). Elevated but nonsignificant risks of 1.4 or more were detected for the following occupations: police/security guards, farmers/farm workers, laborers, and motor-vehicle drivers. In women, nonsignificant increased risks were found with reported exposure to paint (OR, 1.8) and gas fames (OR, 4.9). Women employed as farmers/farm workers and building maintenance workers had elevated but nonsignificant risks.
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U2 - 10.1006/enrs.1997.3787
DO - 10.1006/enrs.1997.3787
M3 - Article
C2 - 9515062
AN - SCOPUS:0032005412
SN - 0013-9351
VL - 76
SP - 78
EP - 84
JO - Environmental Research
JF - Environmental Research
IS - 2
ER -
