title: United States non-Hodgkin's lymphoma surveillance by occupation 1984-1989: a twenty-four state death certificate study.
abstract: Death certificates from 23,890 male and female non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) cases and 119,450 noncancer controls from 24 states for the period 1984-1989 were used to generate hypotheses regarding occupational associations. Cases were frequency matched by age, race, and gender with five controls per case. Odds ratios were calculated for 231 industries and 509 occupations. Significant associations were observed for a variety of white-collar professionals (i.e., real estate agents, secretaries, bookkeepers, teachers, postal employees, business agents, engineers, chemists, and medical professionals) and blue-collar occupations (i.e., firefighters, farm managers, aircraft mechanics, electronic repairers, mining machine operators, and crane and tower operators).
authors.affiliation: Occupational Studies Section, Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Figgs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dosemeci
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blair
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003644:Death Certificates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009790:Occupations; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People