Back to Search
Start Over
Cancer incidence among women in the Norwegian pulp and paper industry
- Source :
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 36:108-113
- Publication Year :
- 1999
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1999.
-
Abstract
- Background The aim of the present study was to investigate cancer risk among women working in the Norwegian pulp and paper industry. The cohort included a total of 4,247 workers employed for at least one year between 1920 and 1993 (108,095 person-years), 85% of them as paper or administration workers. Methods The follow-up period for cancer was from 1953–1993. No data of exposure measurements were available. The analyses were based on comparisons of standard incidence ratios. The expected numbers of cancer cases were calculated using the five-year age-specific incidence rates for the entire female population. Results During the follow-up period, 380 new cases of cancer were observed vs. 322 expected (SIR = 1.2, 95% CI = 1.07–1.30). An excess risk of ovarian cancer was found (SIR = 1.5, 95% CI = 1.07–2.09). The SIR was highest among those younger than 55 years, and mostly among those working in paper departments. Short-term workers showed increased risk of lung and bladder cancer. Conclusions Based on results from the present study, the increased risk of ovarian cancer is difficult to interpret, since existing knowledge of its etiology is limited. However, these women might have been exposed to various work-related agents such as talc, microbes, and different types of paper dust. Am. J. Ind. Med. 36:108–113, 1999. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Paper
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Population
Cohort Studies
Age Distribution
Neoplasms
Occupational Exposure
Epidemiology
Confidence Intervals
Odds Ratio
Humans
Medicine
education
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
education.field_of_study
Bladder cancer
Norway
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Absolute risk reduction
Cancer
Middle Aged
Pulp and paper industry
medicine.disease
Wood
Occupational Diseases
Cohort
Women's Health
Female
business
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10970274 and 02713586
- Volume :
- 36
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Industrial Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8eddcf059903a9f2f11923b8faa9b83b