Abstract | OBJECTIVES: To estimate the relations between exposure to both tobacco smoke and crocidolite and the incidence of various histological types of lung cancer. METHODS: In 1979 all former workers from the Wittenoom asbestos industry who could be traced were sent a questionnaire on smoking history. Of 2928 questionnaires sent, satisfactory replies were received from 2400 men and 149 women. Of the men, 80% had smoked at some time and 50% still smoked. Occupational exposure to crocidolite was known from employment records and follow up was maintained through death and cancer registries in Australia with histological diagnoses obtained from the relevant State Cancer Registry. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate the effects of tobacco and asbestos exposure on incidence of different cell types of lung cancer in a nested case-control design. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | N H de Klerk, A W Musk, J L Eccles, J Hansen, M S Hobbs |
Journal | Occupational and environmental medicine
(Occup Environ Med)
Vol. 53
Issue 3
Pg. 157-9
(Mar 1996)
ISSN: 1351-0711 [Print] England |
PMID | 8704855
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adenocarcinoma
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Asbestos, Crocidolite
(adverse effects)
- Carcinoma
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Carcinoma, Small Cell
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Male
- Occupational Exposure
(adverse effects)
- Odds Ratio
- Smoking
(adverse effects)
- Western Australia
(epidemiology)
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