Physician-based Case Control Study of Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Baytown, Texas
| Autor: | W. R. Holder, C. M. Yarborough, J. F. Gamble, M. J. Nicolich, S. E. Lerman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Adult
Male Oncology medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Risk Factors Internal medicine Odds Ratio medicine Humans Basal cell carcinoma Family history Risk factor neoplasms integumentary system business.industry Confounding Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Case-control study Odds ratio medicine.disease Texas Surgery stomatognathic diseases Epidermoid carcinoma Carcinoma Basal Cell Case-Control Studies Chemical Industry Carcinoma Squamous Cell Skin cancer business |
| Zdroj: | Occupational Medicine. 46:186-196 |
| ISSN: | 1471-8405 0962-7480 |
| Popis: | A physician-based case-control study of non-melanoma skin cancer was conducted to test the hypothesis that employment in the. petroleum industry increased the risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), or both (BCC + SCC). Other potential risk factors were also investigated. There were 174 cases of BCC, 59 cases of SCC, 72 cases of both and 229 controls completing a self-administered questionnaire. The most important risk factors common to all skin cancer categories were a family history of skin cancer and time spent outdoors. Employment in the petroleum industry showed a slight association with BCC + SCC, but only in the multivariate model. Further study is needed to evaluate whether this association is causal, or due to chance, bias or confounding. |
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