Environmental and occupational cancer in Argentina
A Case-Control Lung Cancer Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5225653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Matos (Universidad de Buenos Aires), Marta Vilensky (0000-0003-0990-4092, Universidad de Buenos Aires), Paolo Boffetta (0000-0002-3811-2791, Universidad de Buenos Aires) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | suppl 3 |
| Pages | S77-S86 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0102-311x1998000700008 |
| PMID | 9819466 |
| OpenAlex | W2127368156 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0102-311X1998000700008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The main objective of this study was to analyze the risks for lung cancer associated with occupational exposures in a developing country where lung cancer is the first cause of mortality from cancer in men. The study involved 200 men with lung cancer and 397 hospital controls. The OR for current smokers was 8.5, whereas former smokers displayed an OR of 5.3. The fraction attributable to smoking was 85%. Statistically significant high ORs were observed for employment in the alcoholic beverages industry (4.5, 95% CI:1.02-20.2), sawmills and wood mills (4.6, 95% CI:1.1-18.4), chemicals/plastics (1.8, 95% CI:1.04-3.2), and pottery, glass, or mineral manufactures (3.4, 95% CI:1.1-10.6). Other high, but not statistically significant, risks were observed for employment in leather shoe industry and repair (2.1, 95% CI:0.8-5.4), rubber industries (3.4, 95% CI:0.9-12.4), metal workers, including welders (1.9, 95% CI:0.8-4.4), motor vehicle mechanics (2.0, 95% CI:0.9-4.2), workers in cleaning services (1.9, 95% CI:0.8-4.5), and for workers in agriculture (2.4, 95% CI:0.9-6.0). Although some of the present results may be due to chance, most are consistent with those of previous investigations in other countries
Cancer · Environmental health · Geography · Lung cancer · Pottery · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Arsenic contamination and mitigation · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Occupational and environmental lung diseases
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |