Occupational Risk Factors for Selected Cancers among African American and White Men in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1748-1752

  Briggs, Nathaniel C ^a   Levine, Robert S ^a   Hall, H Irene ^b   Cosby, Otis ^a   Brann, Edward A ^c   Hennekens, Charles H ^d  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WOOD DUST; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; ETHNOLOGY; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SARCOMA; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; WOOD;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMIUM; DUST; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SELF DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

EID: 0642375942     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1748     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Edwards BK, Howe HL, Ries LAG, et al. Annual report to the nation on the status of cancer, 1973-1999, featuring implications of age and aging on the US cancer burden. Cancer. 2002;94:2766-2792.
2. Frumkin H, Walker ED, Friedman-Jimenez G. Minority workers and communities. Occup Med. 1999;14: 495-517.
3. Mills PK. Correlation analysis of pesticide use data and cancer incidence rates in California counties. Arch Environ Health. 1998;53:410-413.
4. Kipen HM, Wartenberg D, Scully PF, Greenberg M. Are non-whites at greater risk for occupational cancer? Am J Ind Med. 1991;19:67-74.
5. Zahm SH, Pottern LM, Lewis DR, et al. Inclusion of women and minorities in occupational cancer epidemiologic research. J Occup Med. 1994;36:842-847.
6. Steenland K, Beaumont J. The accuracy of occupation and industry data on death certificates. J Occup Med. 1984;26:288-296.
7. Mallin K, Rubin M, Joo E. Occupational cancer mortality in Illinois white and black males, 1979-1984, for seven cancer sites. Am J Ind Med 1989;15:699-717.
8. Selected Cancers Cooperative Study Group. The association of selected cancers with service in the US military in Vietnam, I: non-Hodgkin's's lymphoma. Arch Intern Med 1990;150:2473-2483.
9. Selected Cancers Cooperative Study Group. The association of selected cancers with service in the US military in Vietnam, II: soft tissue and other sarcomas. Arch Intern Med. 1990;150:2485-2492.
10. Selected Cancers Cooperative Study Group. The association of selected cancers with service in the US military in Vietnam, III: Hodgkin's's disease, nasal cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, and primary liver cancer. Arch Intern Med. 1990;150:2495-2505.
11. Centers for Disease Control. The Association of Selected Cancers with Service in the US Military in Vietnam: Final Report. Atlanta, Ga: US Dept of Health and Human Services; 1990.
12. Percy C, O'Conor G, Ries LG, Jaffe ES. Application of the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology to the Working Formulation. Cancer. 1984;54:1435-1438.
13. World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases for Oncology. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1976.
14. Boyle CA, Brann EA. Proxy respondents and the validity of occupational and other exposure data. Am J Epidemiol. 1992;136:712-721.
15. International Agency for Research on Cancer. Chromium and chromium compounds. IARC Monogr Eval Carcinog Risk Chem Hum. 1990;49:49-256.
16. Sheffet A, Thind I, Miller A, Louria DB. Cancer mortality in a pigment plant utilizing lead and zinc chromates. Arch Environ Health. 1982;37:44-52.
17. Machle W, Gregorius F. Cancer of the respiratory system in the United States chromate-producing industry. Public Health Rep. 1948;63:1114-1127.
18. Brinton HP, Frasier ES, Koven AL. Morbidity and mortality experience among chromate workers. Public Health Rep. 1952;67:835-847.
19. International Agency for Research on Cancer. Wood dust and formaldehyde. IARC Monogr Eval Carcinog Risk Chem Hum. 1995;62:1-405.
20. Rix BA, Villadsen E, Engholm G, Lynge E. Hodgkin's's disease, pharyngeal cancer, and soft tissue sarcomas in Danish paper mill workers. J Occup Environ Med 1998; 40:55-62.
21. Hoppin JA, Tolbert PE, Flanders ND, et al. Occupational risk factors for sarcoma subtypes. Epidemiology. 1999;10:300-306.
22. Zahm SH, Blair A, Holmes FF, Boysen CD, Robel RJ, Fraumeni JF Jr. A case-control study of soft-tissue sarcoma. Am J Epidemiol. 1989;130:665-674.
23. Wu X, Delclos GL, Annegers JF, et al. A case-control study of wood dust exposure, mutagen sensitivity, and lung cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1995; 4:583-588.
24. Zahm SH, Tucker MA, Fraumeni JF Jr. Soft tissue sarcomas. In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni JF Jr, eds. Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1996:984-999.
25. Robinson JC. Exposure to occupational hazards among Hispanics, blacks, and non-Hispanic whites in California. Am J Public Health. 1989;79:629-630.