American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 124, No. 4: 569-577
Copyright © 1986 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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WOOD-RELATED OCCUPATIONS, WOOD DUST EXPOSURE, AND SINONASAL CANCER
1Department of Public Health and Social Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Montreal Montreal, QU, Canada
3Department of Biostatistics, Erasmus University Rotterdam Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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A case-control study was conducted to examine the relations between type of woodworking and the extent of wood dust exposure to the risks for specific histologic types of sinonasal cancer. In cooperation with the major treatment centers in the Netherlands, 116 male patients newly diagnosed between 1978 and 1981 with primary malignancies of epithelial origin of this site were identified for study. Living controls were selected from the municipal registries, and deceased controls were selected from the national death registry. Interviews were completed for 91 (78%) cases and 195 (75%) controls. Job histories were coded by industry and occupation. An index of exposure was developed to classify the extent of occupational exposure to wood dust. When necessary, adjustment was made for age and usual cigarette use. The risk for nasal adenocarcinoma was elevated by industry for the wood and paper industry (odds ratio (OR) = 11.9) and by occupation for those employed in furniture and cabinet making (OR = 139.8), in factory joinery and carpentry work (OR = 16.3), and in association with high-level wood dust exposure (OR = 26.3). Other types of nasal cancer were not found to be associated with wood-related industries or occupations. A moderate excess in risk for squamous cell cancer (OR = 2.5) was associated with low-level wood dust exposure; however, no dose-response relation was evident. The association between wood dust and adenocarcinoma was strongest for those employed in wood dust-related occupations between 1930 and 1941. The risk of adenocarcinoma did not appear to decrease for at least 15 years after termination of exposure to wood dust. No cases of nasal adenocarcinoma were observed in men whose first exposure to wood dust occurred after 1941.
age factors; nasal cavity; neoplasms; occupations; time factors; wood
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