Open AccessCancer incidence among short- and long-term workers in the Norwegian silicon carbide industry
Author(s) -
Merete Bugge,
Helge Kjuus,
Jan Ivar Martinsen,
Kristina Kjærheim
Publication year - 2009
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.2875
Subject(s) - lung cancer , norwegian , medicine , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , cancer , cohort , demography , cohort study , absolute risk reduction , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics , sociology
A previous study among workers in the Norwegian silicon carbide industry, followed until 1996, revealed an excess incidence of lung and total cancer. The present study adds nine years of follow-up and focuses on cancer risk among short- and long-term workers, based on the assumption that these two groups have different exposure and lifestyle characteristics.