Occupational risk factors for selected cancers among African American and White men in the United States.
OBJECTIVE
This study examined occupational risks for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and soft-tissue sarcoma among African American and White men.


METHODS
Race-specific multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted using data from a large US population-based case-control study.


RESULTS
Significant occupational risks were limited to African Americans; chromium was associated with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (odds ratio [OR] = 3.9, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2, 12.9) and wood dust was associated with Hodgkin's disease (OR = 4.6, 95% CI = 1.6, 13.3) and soft-tissue sarcoma (OR = 3.7, 95% CI = 1.6, 8.6).


CONCLUSIONS
Race-specific occupational risk factors for cancer were evident only among African American men. This may reflect racial disparities in levels of exposure to occupational carcinogens.
Briggs
Nathaniel C
NC
Department of Internal Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA. nbriggs@mmc.edu
Levine
Robert S
RS
Hall
H Irene
HI
Cosby
Otis
O
Brann
Edward A
EA
Hennekens
Charles H
CH
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002857:Chromium / Q000633:toxicity; D004391:Dust; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000145:classification; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000208:ethnology*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014934:Wood
D004391:Dust; D010575:Pesticides; D002857:Chromium