Open AccessOccupational exposures and head and neck cancers among Swedish construction workers
Author(s) -
Mark P. Purdue,
Bengt Järvholm,
Ingvar A. Bergdahl,
Richard B. Hayes,
Dalsu Baris
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1010
Subject(s) - medicine , asbestos , poisson regression , head and neck cancer , relative risk , cancer , larynx , cohort study , pharynx , odds ratio , cohort , asbestos cement , confidence interval , epidemiology , environmental health , surgery , population , materials science , metallurgy
Occupational exposures in the construction industry may increase the risk of head and neck cancers, although the epidemiologic evidence is limited by problems of low study power and inadequate adjustment for tobacco use. In an attempt to address this issue, the relationship between selected occupational exposures and head and neck cancer risk was investigated using data from a large cohort of Swedish construction workers.