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Occupational risk factors for gastric cancer in Shanghai, China
Author(s) -
Kneller Robert W.,
Gao YuTang,
McLaughlin Joseph K.,
Gao RuNie,
Blot William J.,
Liu MingHao,
Sheng JiPing,
Fraumeni Joseph F.
Publication year - 1990
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.4700180108
Subject(s) - medicine , stomach cancer , environmental health , cancer , incidence (geometry) , cancer incidence , census , occupational medicine , occupational exposure , demography , population , physics , sociology , optics
Abstract Occupational data for over 13,000 incident stomach cancer cases reported to the Shanghai Cancer Registry between 1980 and 1984 were compared with 1982 census employment information to calculate standardized incidence ratios for stomach cancer in the Shanghai urban area. Several occupations were found to have statistically significantly increased risks for stomach cancer, most notably grain farming and several jobs involving potential for exposure to metal, wood, and other dusts and to fossil fuel combustion products. Because of the large numbers involved and consistency of associations, the findings raise hypotheses regarding occupational exposures that warrant further investigation.