Socio-economic status, indoor and outdoor work, and malignant melanoma.
Among New Zealand non-Maori men, professional, technical, administrative and managerial workers had the highest incidence and mortality rates for malignant melanoma of the skin; labourers and workers in production and transport had the lowest rates. Reclassification of occupations, in terms of both socio-economic status and a three-step scale of outdoor exposure during work, suggested that differences between occupational groups were determined by differences in socio-economic status. Outdoor work exposure seemed to have little effect on the risk of melanoma.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*