title: Parental occupations and cancer: a review of the literature.
abstract: Parental occupation is a suspected risk factor in the occurrence of childhood cancer. Fourteen epidemiological studies investigating a possible association are reviewed and observations are found to be contradictory. Several reports show significant associations for occupations involving exposure to hydrocarbons, lead or chemicals and occupations of social classes I and II. Conversely, some studies find no association at all. Methodological variations do not account for the contrasting results so further investigation is required.
mesh_terms: D002617:Chemical Industry; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D009790:Occupations; D010290:Parents; D012923:Social Class