Cancer among Women Textile Workers in Shanghai, China: Overall Incidence Patterns, 1989-1998

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 595-599

  Wernli, Karen J ^a   Ray, Roberta M ^a   Gao, Dao Li ^c   Thomas, David B ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; China; Occupational exposures; Textile industry; Women's health

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TEXTILE WORKER; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0345690190     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10265     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Breslow NE, Day NE. 1987. Statistical methods in cancer research: Volume II - The design and analysis of cohort studies. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer. pp 68-72.
2. Gardner KM, On Shu X, Jin F, Dai Q, Ruan Z, Thompson SJ, Hussey JR, Gao YT, Zheng W. 2002. Occupations and breast cancer risk among Chinese women in urban Shanghai. Am J Ind Med 42:296-308.
3. Goldberg MS, Theriault G. 1994. Retrospective cohort study of workers of a synthetic textile plant in Quebec: II. Colorectal cancer mortality and incidence. Am J Ind Med 25:909-922.
4. Henderson V, Enterline PE. 1973. An unusual mortality experience in cotton textile workers. J Occup Med 15:717-719.
5. Hodgson JT, Jones RD. 1990. Mortality of workers in the British cotton industry in Scand J Work Environ Health 16:113-120.
6. International Agency for Research on Cancer, editor. 1990. Some flame retardants and textile chemicals and exposures in the textile industry. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer. p 1-345.
7. International Labour Office. 2000. Labour practices in the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Labour Practices in the Footwear. Leather, Textiles and Clothing Industries. Geneva: International Labour Office. p 1-104.
8. Levin LI, Gao YT, Blot WJ, Zheng W, Fraumeni JF, Jr. 1987. Decreased risk of lung cancer in the cotton textile industry of Shanghai. Cancer Res 47:5777-5781.
9. Luce D, Leclerc A, Begin D, Demers PA, Gerin M, Orlowski E, Kogevinas M, Belli S, Bugel I, Bolm-Audorff U, Brinton LA, Comba P, Hardell L, Hayes RB, Magnani C, Merler E, Preston-Martin S, Vaughan TL, Zheng W, Boffetta P. 2002. Sinonasal cancer and occupational exposures: A pooled analysis of 12 case-control studies. Cancer Causes Control 13:147-157.
10. Merchant JA, Ortmeyer C. 1981. Mortality of employees of two cotton mills in North Carolina. Chest 79:6S-11S.
11. Parkin DM, Whelan SL, Ferlay J, Teppo L, Thomas DB, editors. 2002. Cancer incidence in five continents, Vol. VIII, No. 155. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer.
12. Parkin DM, Whelan SL, Ferlay J, Raymond L, Young J, editors. 1997. Cancer incidence in five continents, Vol. VII, No. 143. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer. p 326-329.
13. Petralia SA, Chow WH, McLaughlin J, Jin F, Gao YT, Dosemeci M. 1998. Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai. Am J Ind Med 34:477-483.
14. Simpson J, Roman E, Law G, Pannett B. 1999. Women's occupation and cancer: Preliminary analysis of cancer registrations in England and Wales. Am J Ind Med 36:172-185.
15. Thomas DB, Gao DL, Self SG, Allison CJ, Tao Y, Mahloch J, Ray R, Qin Q, Presley R, Porter P. 1997. Randomized trial of breast self-examination in Shanghai: Methodology and preliminary results. J Natl Cancer Inst 89:355-365.
16. Thomas DB, Gao DL, Ray RM, Wang WW, Allison CJ, Chen FL, Porter P, Hu YW, Zhao GL, Pan LD, Li W, Wu C, Coriaty Z, Evans I, Lin MG, Stalsberg H, Self SG. 2002. Randomized trial of breast self-examination in Shanghai: Final results. J Natl Cancer Inst 94:1445-1457.