Occupational risks of thyroid cancer: data from the Swedish Cancer-Environment Register, 1961-1979.
Using data from a record-linkage between the Swedish population census of 1960 and the Swedish Cancer Registry, we performed an explorative, hypothesis-generating analysis of the incidence of thyroid cancer in 208 occupations and 231 industries. Relative risks were computed with adjustment for age, period of follow-up, and geographic region. A total of 1,230 male and 2,937 female cases of thyroid cancer were reported during 1961-1979 among individuals aged 20-69 years in 1960. As a group, male blue-collar workers had a lower reported incidence than other men. Significantly elevated risks were seen among drivers, pharmacists, workers in the canning and preserving industry, workers in the petroleum industry, and among X-ray operators and laboratory assistants. Horticulture workers, painters in the construction industry, and unskilled manual workers showed decreased risks.
Carstensen
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Department of Oncology, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
Wingren
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Hatschek
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Fredriksson
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Noorlind-Brage
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Axelson
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009790:Occupations; D012042:Registries; D012306:Risk; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*