L. Fritschi et J. Siemiatycki, LYMPHOMA, MYELOMA AND OCCUPATION - RESULTS OF A CASE-CONTROL STUDY, International journal of cancer, 67(4), 1996, pp. 498-503
The known risk factors for lymphoma and myeloma cannot account for the
current incidence rates of these cancers, and there is increasing int
erest in exploring occupational causes. We present results regarding l
ymphoma and myeloma from a large case-control study of hundreds of occ
upational exposures and 19 cancer sites. We examine in more detail tho
se exposures previously considered to be related to these cancers, as
well as exposures which were strongly related in our initial analyses.
Lymphoma was not associated in our data with exposure to solvents or
pesticides, or employment in agriculture or wood-related occupations,
although numbers of exposed cases were sometimes small. Hodgkin's lymp
homa was associated with exposure to fabric dust, and non-Hodgkin's ly
mphoma was associated with exposure to copper dust, ammonia and a numb
er of fabric and textile-related occupations and exposures. Employment
as a sheet metal worker was associated with development of myeloma. (
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