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Testicular cancer in young men and parental occupational exposure
Author(s) -
Kardaun Jan W. P. F.,
Hayes Richard B.,
Pottern Linda M.,
Brown Linda Morris,
Hoover Robert N.
Publication year - 1991
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.4700200208
Subject(s) - medicine , testicular cancer , blue collar , occupational exposure , demography , young adult , cancer , gynecology , gerontology , environmental health , labour economics , sociology , economics
To investigate whether parental occupation, especially during the 12 month period before birth, could be responsible for elevated rates of testicular cancer in young men, we used data from a case‐control study of 223 cases and 212 controls conducted in the Washington, DC area. For all histologic types of testicular cancer combined, no significant associations were found for specific occupations, nor for the broad occupational categories of professional, other white collar, or blue collar workers. However, for cases with seminomas, excess risks were seen for those with parents employed in the following occupations: mothers in health‐related occupations, O.R. = 4.6 (1.1–19.1), and fathers working in automobile service stations, O.R. = 4.0 (0.6–24.5), manufacturing industries, O.R. = 2.2 (1.0–4.2), and aircraft production and maintenance, O.R. = 5.3 (0.7–24.1), Although these findings for seminoma are intriguing, they do not explain the increase of testicular cancer in young men.