title: [Tumors of the excretory urinary tract in workers of the textile industry in the Prato area].
abstract: A hospital-based case-control study on bladder and lower urinary tract cancers was conducted in the Prato area, where the textile industry is the main manufacturing sector (about 50,000 employees). "Cases" were male subjects, aged over 15 years in whom urothelial cancer had been diagnosed in the period 1980-1985; controls (two for each case) were subjects of the same sex and age with other urological diseases or cancer of the prostate or testis. Cases and controls were interviewed via a questionnaire on occupational history and personal habits. A positive association was found for subjects who had worked in the textile industry (O.R. = 1.42; C.I. = 1.0-2.0). Analysis by job titles showed positive association for "rag selectors" (O.R. = 4.09; C.I. = 1.39-11.96), whereas no association was found for dyers (O.R. = 0.74; C.I. = 0.29-1.87).
authors.affiliation: SPISLL USL 9, Firenze.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Becherini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seniori Costantini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benelli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calistri
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gasperini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gavazzi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masala
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Merler
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Monechi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nannini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009790:Occupations; D010212:Papilloma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D013783:Textile Industry; D014571:Urologic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Tumori delle vie urinarie escretrici negli addetti all'industria tessile nell'area pratese.