title: [Case-control study for the diagnosis of occupational factors in bladder cancer].
abstract: The occupations and life-style factors of 531 male bladder cancer patients were compared with matched hospital controls; risk estimates were obtained as odds ratios of discordant pairs. The case-control study as a "fishing approach" for occupational risk factors has proven successfully that established hazards for cancer could be confirmed (e g smoking, bladder infections, mining and chemical exposures), and others were identified for the first time in Germany (vehicle driving, spray painting, oil- and petroleum exposures). Not only could smoking-adjusted risk estimates be statistically confirmed but also trends of risk increasing with duration of occupational exposure were determined. Logistic regressions were performed to determine the influence of life-style factors on occupational risks.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frentzel-Beyme
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chang-Claude
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kunze
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Fall-Kontroll-Studien zur Erkennung von beruflichen Faktoren für Blasenkrebs.