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Cluster of testicular cancer in police officers exposed to hand‐held radar
Author(s) -
Davis Robert L.,
Mostofi F. Kash
Publication year - 1993
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.4700240209
Subject(s) - medicine , testicular cancer , occupational exposure , poisson regression , cohort , cluster (spacecraft) , occupational safety and health , radar , cancer , demography , environmental health , pathology , telecommunications , population , computer science , programming language , sociology
Within a cohort of 340 police officers, six incident cases of testicular cancer occurred between 1979 and 1991 (O/E 6.9; p<0.001, Poisson distribution). Occupational use of hand‐held radar was the only shared risk factor among all six officers, and all routinely held the radar gun directly in close proximity to their testicles. Health effects of occupational radar use have not been widely studied, and further research into a possible association with testicular cancer is warranted. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.