title: Occupational exposure to chlorinated and petroleum solvents and mycosis fungoides.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the potential association between occupational exposure to chlorinated and petroleum solvents and mycosis fungoides (MF).
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire on lifetime job history was administered to 100 patients diagnosed with MF and 2846 controls. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated as the measure of the association between exposure to each specific solvent and MF.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the total sample and in men, cases and controls did not differ in relation to exposure to any of the solvents studied. In women, an association with MF was seen for the highest level of estimated exposure to perchloroethylene (OR = 11.38; 95% confidence interval: 1.04 to 124.85) and for exposure less than the median to kerosene/fuel/gasoil (OR = 8.53; 95% confidence interval: 1.11 to 65.62).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results do not provide conclusive evidence that exposure to solvents may increase risk of MF because they were not found in men.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Burjasot, Valencia, Spain. maria.m.morales@uv.es
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Morales-Suárez-Varela
authors.forename: Jorn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villeneuve
authors.forename: Preben
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johansen
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaerlev
authors.forename: Agustin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Llopis-González
authors.forename: Gun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wingren
authors.forename: Lennart
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hardell
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stang
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merletti
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorini
authors.forename: Juan José
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Aurrekoetxea
authors.forename: Joëlle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Févotte
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cyr
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guénel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005648:Fuel Oils / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007648:Kerosene / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000139:chemically induced*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010578:Petroleum / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D012997:Solvents / Q000009:adverse effects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D005648:Fuel Oils; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007648:Kerosene; D010578:Petroleum; D012997:Solvents; D013750:Tetrachloroethylene