Testicular cancer associated with employment in agriculture and oil and natural gas extraction.
A hospital-based case-control study, involving review of the medical records of 347 patients with histologically confirmed germ-cell tumours of the testis and 347 randomly selected controls with other disorders, demonstrated a significant association between this cancer and work in the agricultural industry. The odds ratio for present farming occupation was 6.27 (95% confidence limits 1.83, 21.49; p less than 0.05). Work in the crude petroleum and natural gas extraction industry also conferred excess risk for this cancer (odds ratio 2.29; CL 1.03, 5.11).
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004407:Dysgerminoma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005579:Fossil Fuels / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005648:Fuel Oils / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D009790:Occupations; D010578:Petroleum / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012306:Risk; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014481:United States; D044465:White People
D005579:Fossil Fuels; D005648:Fuel Oils; D010578:Petroleum