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Br J Ind Med. 1986 January; 43(1): 44–49. | PMCID: PMC1007599 |
Occupation and cancer in London: an investigation into nasal and bladder cancer using the Cancer Atlas. P J Baxter and M E McDowall Abstract The Atlas of Cancer Mortality for England and Wales showed pronounced excesses of male mortality from nasal and bladder cancer in certain London boroughs. These excesses were investigated by case-referent studies using death certificate data for male deaths, 1968-78. Nasal cancer was found to be significantly associated with occupations involving heavy exposure to wood dust. Bladder cancer was significantly associated with occupations in road transport driving and in the handling of leather, whereas consistently raised relative risk ratios were also found for wood-workers, engineering fitters, printers, machinists, plumbers, and motor mechanics. These findings highlight the potential role of occupational factors in cancer causation in London. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (1.1M), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References. Images in this article Click on the image to see a larger version. These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article. - Gardner MJ, Winter PD, Acheson ED. Variations in cancer mortality among local authority areas in England and Wales: relations with environmental factors and search for causes. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1982 Mar 13;284(6318):784–787. [PubMed]
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