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Malignant melanoma in the printing industry
Author(s) -
Mclaughlin Joseph K.,
Malker Hans S. R.,
Blot William J.,
Ericsson Jan L. E.,
Gemne Gosta,
Fraumeni Joseph F.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700130211
Subject(s) - medicine , newspaper , melanoma , incidence (geometry) , occupational medicine , cancer , cancer incidence , occupational exposure , epidemiology , environmental health , advertising , pathology , business , cancer research , physics , optics
To evaluate a recent report of malignant melanoma among printers, we used the Cancer‐Environment Registry of Sweden, which links national cancer incidence and employment data. Employees in the newspaper printing industry had almost twice the incidence of melanoma than expected ( p < 0.01). Elevated risks were found not only among typographers and machine repairers, but also among journalists, editors, and business executives in the printing industry. Further studies are needed to clarify this relationship and identify specific exposures that may be responsible.