Journal or Publishing Institution: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2775671
Author(s): Persson, B., Dahlander, A.M., Fredriksson, M., Brage, H.N., Ohlson, C.G. and Axelson, O.
Article Type: Peer Reviewed Study
Record ID: 1884
Abstract: The effects of potential risk factors for Hodgkin’s disease (HD) and for non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) were evaluated in a case-referent study encompassing 54 cases of HD, 106 cases of NHL, and 275 referents, all alive. Exposure information was obtained by questionnaires posted to the subjects. Crude rate ratios were increased for various occupational exposures including solvents, welding, wood preservatives, phenoxy acids, and fresh wood (sawmill workers, lumberjacks, paper pulp workers). After further analyses based on logistic regression occupational exposures to welding and creosote remained as significant risk factors for HD. For NHL, occupational exposures to solvents, phenoxy acids, and creosote but also work as carpenter or cabinet maker and contacts with pets (other than dogs, cats, and birds) were associated with significantly increased risks.
Keywords: NHL, Cell, Dogs, Cats, Birds, Lymphomas, Malignancies (Cancer), Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas, Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia, Rubber, Trihlorethylene (Trichloroethylene), Exposures, Increased Risks, Wood, Acids, Risk Factors, Disease; Adult, Aged, Beauty Culture, Creosote, Female, Hodgkin Disease, Humans, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Diseases, Paper, Pesticides, Risk Factors, Solvents, Welding, Wood; Adverse Effects, Chemically Induced, Etiology
Citation: Persson, B., Dahlander, A.M., Fredriksson, M., Brage, H.N., Ohlson, C.G. and Axelson, O., 1989. Malignant lymphomas and occupational exposures. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 46(8), pp.516-520.
