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United states non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma surveillance by occupation 1984‐1989: A twenty‐four state death certificate study
Author(s) -
Figgs Larry W.,
Dosemeci Mustafa,
Blair Aaron
Publication year - 1995
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.4700270606
Subject(s) - medicine , death certificate , occupational medicine , real estate , certificate , odds , occupational exposure , odds ratio , demography , family medicine , logistic regression , gerontology , environmental health , cause of death , disease , finance , algorithm , sociology , computer science , economics
Death certificates from 23,890 male and female non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) cases and 119,450 noncancer controls from 24 states for the period 1984‐1989 were used to generate hypotheses regarding occupational associations. Cases were frequency matched by age, race, and gender with five controls per case. Odds ratios were calculated for 231 industries and 509 occupations. Significant associations were observed for a variety of white‐collar professionals (i.e., real estate agents, secretaries, bookkeepers, teachers, postal employees, business agents, engineers, chemists, and medical professionals) and blue‐collar occupations (i.e., firefighters, farm managers, aircraft mechanics, electronic repairers, mining machine operators, and crane and tower operators). © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.