A case-control study of hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms: The role of work in the chemical industry

The present case‐control study was conducted in an effort to determine if work in the chemical industry is related to excesses of certain hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms. Cases who died from non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and leukemia were matched by race, gender, age, year of d...

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Published in:American journal of industrial medicine 1997-01, Vol.31 (1), p.21-27
Main Authors: Massoudi, Barbara L., Talbott, Evelyn O., Day, Richard D., Swerdlow, Steven H., Marsh, Gary M., Kuller, Lewis H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Chemical Industry
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Humans
leukemia
Leukemia - chemically induced
Leukemia - mortality
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Logistic Models
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - chemically induced
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - mortality
Male
malignant lymphoma
Medical sciences
mortality
multiple myeloma
Multiple Myeloma - chemically induced
Multiple Myeloma - mortality
occupational diseases
Occupational Diseases - chemically induced
Occupational Diseases - mortality
Occupational Exposure - adverse effects
Risk Factors
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Summary:The present case‐control study was conducted in an effort to determine if work in the chemical industry is related to excesses of certain hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms. Cases who died from non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and leukemia were matched by race, gender, age, year of death, and county of residence to controls who died from cardiovascular disease. A total of 618 (309 matched pairs) white male residents of Kanawha County, WV, aged 23–96, who had died between 1965 and 1990 were identified. Conditional logistic regression was conducted and yielded an association between chemical industry work and death due to non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and lymphoid leukemia among subjects who died at age
ISSN:0271-3586
1097-0274
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199701)31:1<21::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-#