SynthesisAmerican journal of industrial medicine2013
The epidemiology of cancer among police officers.
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- Prostate cancer in firefighting and police work: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2017Pooled it
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- Factors and age-related drivers that influence self-rated bad health in police officers: A cross-sectional study.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Working hours, sleep, and fatigue in the public safety sector: A scoping review of the research.American journal of industrial medicine · 2022Article
- Analysis of a State Police Academy Menu Cycle for Dietary Quality and Performance Nutrition Adequacy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between the dietary inflammatory index and objectively and subjectively measured sleep among police officers.Journal of sleep research · 2022Article
- Cancer risk among firefighters and police in the Ontario workforce.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2022Article
- The effect of exposure to radiofrequency fields on cancer risk in the general and working population: A protocol for a systematic review of human observational studies.Environment international · 2021Article
- Dying for the job: police mortality, 1950-2018.Policing (Bradford, England) · 2021Article
- Shift Work Adaptation Among Police Officers: The BCOPS Study.Chronobiology international · 2021Article
- Prostate cancer risk by occupation in the Occupational Disease Surveillance System (ODSS) in Ontario, Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Article
- Variation in Nordic Work-Related Cancer Risks after Adjustment for Alcohol and Tobacco.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Prostate cancer surveillance by occupation and industry: the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC).Cancer medicine · 2018Article
- Association of shiftwork and immune cells among police officers from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress study.Chronobiology international · 2017Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose level among members of federal police commission residing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.BMC endocrine disorders · 2016Article
- Occupation, industry, and the risk of prostate cancer: a case-control study in Montréal, Canada.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2016Article
- Association of a dietary inflammatory index with inflammatory indices and metabolic syndrome among police officers.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2014Article
- Effects of Dietary and Lighting Conditions on Diurnal Locomotor Activity and Body Temperature in Microminipigs.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis review summarizes peer-reviewed studies examining cancer risks among police officers. It provides an overview of existing research limitations and uncertainties and the plausible etiologic risk factors associated with cancer in this understudied occupation.
methodsPrevious cancer studies among police officers were obtained via a systematic review of the MEDLINE, CABDirect, and Web of Science bibliographic databases.
resultsQuality observational studies of cancer among police officers are sparse and subject to limitations in exposure assessment and other methods. Results from three studies suggested possible increased mortality risks for all cancers, and cancers of the colon, kidney, digestive system, esophagus, male breast, and testis, as well as Hodgkin's disease. Few incidence studies have been performed, and results have been mixed, although some associations with police work have been observed for thyroid, skin, and male breast cancer.
conclusionsPolice are exposed to a mix of known or suspected agents or activities that increase cancer risk. Epidemiologic evidence to date is sparse and inconsistent. There is a critical need for more research to understand the biological and social processes underlying exposures and the suggested disproportionate risks and to identify effective prevention strategies.
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